[mythtv-users] Freevo, Tivo & MythTV

[Viitasaari]

Well...I guess have been told then.

I will just fall into line like the rest of the drones.

I guess the parade orders are in the Wiki too?

On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 18:07 -0600, Dewey Smolka wrote:
> On 11/18/06, Viitasaari <public at viitasaari.ca> wrote:
> > I can't help getting political at this point but I need to get one more
> > point in.
> >
> > How does the prevailing attitude on this thread serve the open source
> > movement?
> 
> This thread and this list are dedicated to MythTV, not any movements.
> 
> > I understand that people who use MythTV love it for what it is however,
> > if a person comes up with a suggestion which will give MythTV everything
> > to gain and nothing to lose then what harm is there in considering it?
> 
> The point isn't that a person is coming up with a suggestion, but
> rather a person is demanding an answer to a problem that few users and
> no developers see.
> 
> Further, that person is refusing to understand the nature of the
> problem they're describing, refusing to see the reasons for Myth
> working the way it does, ignoring the basic usage patterns that have
> grown up around the PVR, and insisting that all the blame for his
> percieved problem lies with Myth, when there are likely steps he could
> take outside of Myth to improve his Live TV performance.
> 
> Rather than trying to grasp what is involved, studying the
> documentation and code, and coming up with an idea that could be
> implemented, this person has instead chosen to react with hostility
> and disrespect.
> 
> MythTV is not Tivo and makes no claim to be. Others may compare Myth
> with Tivo, but that is their business. In fact, it is much, much more
> than Tivo, but it does work differently.
> 
> > I mean I have already moved my Myth box over to a spot on my receiver
> > which will see very little use and have been shopping around for a TIVO
> > like PVR to tide me over until (if) MythTV works for me.
> 
> Good luck, I hope it works out for you.
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