<br><br>On Tuesday, 17 April 2012, Chris Pinkham wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This mailing list is for the support of MythTV users using MythTV<br>
and is not to be used for advertisement or support of any<br>
commercial products, whether they be MythTV related or not.<br>
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Please continue this discussion elsewhere.<br><br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I thought this was really uncalled for. If it wasn't for Robert, you wouldn't have said anything.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm no fan of Robert, that's a known fact within the devs, but credit is due when due. if it wasn't for Robert that backend API wouldn't exist as it does today.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There have been plenty of discussions related to using commercial products with mythtv: remote, cable cards, VoD (paid services), applications (Android comes to mind). I never saw such strong position before.</div>
<div><br></div>The only thing I thought was misplaced from Robert was his discussion specifically about Torc project, where it's heading etc.<div><br></div><div>For a start, he's not the one who first posted about the iPad app and he has abstained from talking about its progress earlier. He effectively only responded to direct question.<span></span><div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div>If the app was still called MythTV companion like it was originally intended, would you have posted so? I do t think so.</div><div>The name sucks, but what the app does remain the same: it's a great addition to mythtv and make 0.25 a release worth upgrading to because of it.<br>
<div><br></div><div>Still can't believe I feel like I have to defend Robert in a public place!</div></div></div>