[vlc] Re: Fake, fake, fake

[Peter M. Groen]

On Mon, October 9, 2006 12:30, Glenn Gordon wrote:
> TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Hm. I feel addressed.

>
>   It may interest you to know that after downloading your piece of
> garbage, i intend to rubbish it at every single available opportunity,
> e.g. forums, reviews etc, etc....
Actually, I'm not interested, but hey, there is a lot of "white noise" in
the air...

>
>   I have just wasted an incredible amount of time trying to figure out how
> this junk actually works. I have been using Limewire for some time now,
> and during downloading I can preview my video downloads with any
> software program, such as InterVideo, Windows Media Player, Real Player
> etc, all but one VideoLAN, which falsely claims that it can play
> `anything'. This, of course is a blatent lie, and I'm sure that this is
> illegal in some way.

Check with your lawyer, you are mistaken..

>
>   The very fact that you deliberately have "no instructions on its use",
> "avoid answering or engaging customers by fobbing them off with FAQ or
> forums" speaks for itself. For Christ sake, you don't even have a
> functional `help' facility. I had to use a search engine to catch you.

And you downloaded it from....... ?? I guess http://www.videolan.org

>
>   You should not be allowed to trade, whilst making false claims to
> provide a service, and i fully intend to alert everyone and warn them to
> well clear of your fake, non-functional program.

Did you read and understand the GPL? (App. not..) The GPL is also about
freedom of choice. The choice to use something if you like it, the choice
to leave it be if you don't. Apparently, you don't like it. That is ok. No
one is forcing you. It is (should be) a free world. Drop it and use the
one you like. But being rude is not the way. Collect your comlaints, send
them to the mailing list in a well formed, polite email of feature
requests, accompanied with the offer to help in certain areas. Being rude
is easy, doing your part in helping, that is brave and a sign of a great
mindset.

May the remainder of your life be as interesting and long as possible...

My part: Thank you, developers of VLC. For bringing a multipurpose
Videoplayer to the Linux / Windows and MacOSX platform. One that can read
and play *every media / file stored in my cabinet *.

Kind Regards,

Peter M. Groen
Open Systems Development


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