Re: CD writing in future Linux try #2

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net>
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 06:13:09 -0500 (EST)
> 
> 
>>The downside to that is that while this all gets fought out cd burning on 
>>Linux is more of a pain than it should be.
> 
> 
> Someone remind me why the whole world is a prisoner to Joerg's cd
> burning program?
> 
> Anybody can write their own, and if Joerg is a pain to work with that
> is a double extra incentive for this other implementation to be
> written.
> 
> In fact I'm very surprised this hasn't happened already.

Because Jorg has maintained the program for a decade, has found and 
supported new vendors and devices, he seems to get new hardware sooner 
than most, and many programs and scripts use his program as an output stage.

Unless someone wants to dedicate themselves to do such a program things 
will go the way of certain other programs which were "the best" before 
they were obsolete. There's a reason why the list is called cdwrite, and 
no one uses that any more.

Joerg is technically astute, and has no clue how to interface with 
people without pissing them off. He loves the obsolete sg interface, he 
thinks his DVD-pro thing will make money but the last time I checked he 
didn't tke credit cards or paypal, and he just has no people skills or 
interest in learning them.

That's why people put up with him, he continues to support what he does.

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"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
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