From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267170AbUHYLwc (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:52:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267164AbUHYLwc (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:52:32 -0400 Received: from mail3.ithnet.com ([217.64.64.7]:1424 "HELO ithnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267195AbUHYLvv (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:51:51 -0400 X-Sender-Authentication: net64 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:51:49 +0200 From: Stephan von Krawczynski To: Bill Davidsen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CD/DVD record Message-Id: <20040825135149.2166f4a4.skraw@ithnet.com> In-Reply-To: References: <4125B539.6040402@hist.no> <4125B539.6040402@hist.no> <4125BA56.1060307@wiggly.org> Organization: ith Kommunikationstechnik GmbH X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:07:09 -0400 Bill Davidsen wrote: > > Hat trick on the Good Point(tm) front. Agreed! > > > > Well then I may go and look into cd recording then...hmm... > > I hate to say it, but why reinvent the wheel? I'm sure that if Jorg > doesn't support new technology there will be a project, either on > sourceforge or freestanding, to create OpenCDburn or some such. It would > be very hard to find someone as technically good as Jorg in this area, > [...] Actually this is only FUD spread by Joerg. He is definitely not the only man on this planet knowing how to program CD/DVD burning equipment. Generally cdrecord has one big deficiency, which obviously was intended: it does not allow medium skilled programmers from drive _vendors_ to add support for their latest hardware easily. Everyone has to beg Joerg, which obviously increased his ego dramatically over the years. It would be a lot better to start off a new project where vendors (or anybody with skill and will) can contribute more easily, i.e. something that is truely _open_. Regards, Stephan