Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 01:35:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: dchulhan@uwi.tt (Dale Chulhan - Work) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unanswered post(s) Message-ID: <200104240135.SAA14612@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <000d01c0cc12$970552c0$100101c8@openaccess03> from "Dale Chulhan - Work" at Apr 23, 2001 12:29:35 PM
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> Hello I asked a very serious question about a FreeBSD based > version of TiVo and no one replied ... > > Any one care to comment? It's already been done by TiVo and Replay TV. I guess the question to your non-answer is that if it has already been done, why would you want to do it over again, if it's going to cost you more than a TiVo or Replay TV box, and the only difference is that it's BSD? If you want to start an Open Source project to do the deed, start by providing working code that basically does some of what you want to do. Working code is what it takes to start an Open Source project. I think that you might find yourself in the same boat as the DECSS folks, the first time someone makes some content available, like a sports game to a blacked out area. Personally, I don't think it's an interesting thing to do; the DVD playing code is interesting, but is stomped on by the paranoia police. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200104240135.SAA14612>