Last Wednesday 29 September 2004 13:59, R Parker was like: > David, I support the right to share knowledge and > express opinion but I think you need to do a better > job of it. Claiming that Erik is wrong, puts the > impetus of proof on you. It's your responsibility to > provide direct qoutes with publication titles and page > numbers. A failure to demonstrate your arguments and > show test results becomes a knock against your > credibility. > > Erik has made a siginificant contribution that many of > us need. I imagine alot of people have followed this > thread and would like it to either end, or resolve > with a positive and intellectually compelling tact. > > David, I'm a satisfied user of Erik's code and will > continue happily using it. I imagine that statement in > your opinion is an admission of ignorance but I'll > happily live with that. If Erik improves his code with > or without your help all the better. > > David, I read your posts knowing I'll learn something > and it seems obvious that both you and him are > talented. I think we're all better off for having both > of you participating and hope it stays that way. Well put, thanks Ron. Such is the nature of the discussion, that not being much of a techie, I'd blurred over it. I thank Erik every time I convert a soundfile. In fact I'm really grateful to you all and that's the thought I'd like to hold. cheers tim hall