Well put. - Mark. On 2/1/06, Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Johannes Stezenbach wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 01, 2006, Uwe Bugla wrote: > >> 1. Because people like Johannes do not do the job they are being paid > for at > > > > Actually I do the work that I get paid for. > > Unfortunately, linuxtv.org / linux-dvb stuff is not part of it. :-( > > > > Johannes > > > > For that most of us are eternally grateful and recogize the fact. It's > an attitude I find prevalent in my dealings with Linux newbies who are > coming from an environment where you plug the card in, run a CD and it > does whatever it does, no comebacks if it doesn't do something they > would like - "it just does that" is accepted. > On here, you can ask for features, make corrections, test the software > and offer feedback. Devlopers such as yourself are very attentive and do > a sterling job, that's why I'm on the list and all of us should realise > the results are product of a hard slog in your own time. I have issues > not to do with TV cards, I test new kernels, see improvements and hope > one day, I can get the stuff to work properly. Over the years I have had > hardware that hasn't worked for years, but now it does and is in > service. We owe you, you don't owe us. > Regards > Sid. > -- > Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot > Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support > Specialist, Cricket Coach > Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/attachments/20060201/fdf621c9/attachment.htm
