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Brian Wood wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Jun 7, 2006, at 6:39 AM, Richard Bronosky wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 5/31/06, Brian Wood <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:beww@beww.org"><beww@beww.org></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">My opinion is that I have no desire to have to answer the inevitable
idiotic questions from customers, as once you take their money they
have no compunctions about bothering you constantly with questions
that will make even P.T. Barnum's assessment of human intelligence
seem optimistic. There must be easier ways to make a living.
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<pre wrap="">You Nailed it!
But, something I was shocked to find was in:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vwbinc.com/press/122205pr.html">http://www.vwbinc.com/press/122205pr.html</a>
They claim to be able to use CableCard on a Linux box. I've never
heard of such a thing. Last I heard AVI had only demoed a CableCard
device.
What gives?
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There was some discussion of this very machine/company on this list a
while back. I think the conclusion was that there is a vast
difference between the technical ability to interface with the card
and the legal/licensing ability to actually use it. I believe they
referred to CableCard in the future tense.
They do seem to have some interesting hardware that might well be of
use for Myth systems. Check the archives for the past discussion.
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I used to head up the team that did the programming for VWB's
machines. When their press release came out I gave them I call and
spoke the their head of operations. He said that they are in the
process of getting certified. That was about a month ago I would
guess. At this point AFAIK they have not gotten certification. If
they do, it would be a beautiful thing, however I take a wait and see
attitude, especially knowing them as well as I do.<br>
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