> Not to insult your work on a book, but wouldn't a proper Wiki make more sense? > I mean granted, noone will end up reading it, like they don't use gossamer > right now, but with as much as Myth changes it would just seem to make sense.
Who's Noone? (The wiki and list lack professional editing and fact-checking, which for many people would make buying the book worth it) I think a well done book on Myth would sell, certainly enough to pay for the effort. There's definitely a hobby market that would welcome a good how-to guide based on a standard hardware set. There's also a lot that you could use MythTV to discuss -- a look into consumers' rights over content they have purchased, for example -- as I understand it, it is perfectly legal (in the US) to format-shift content that is yours, but is illegal to bypass a protection mechanism (like with DeCSS) to do so. I think the average consumer would be appalled if they understood the sorts of restrictions that Hollywood wants to put in our hardware. Besides that MythTV is a great vehicle for talking about changing TV technology (-- how many people have you recently explained HDTV to?), or about the future of media delivery -- IPTV, digital cable, yada, yada, or about the OSS development model, or about a whole range of other topics. I'd say it's a great idea, and I look forward to getting Jarod's autograph on it. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
