[mythtv-users] Data Direct "service"

Bruce Markey bjm at lvcm.com
Wed Apr 4 00:48:05 UTC 2007


Brad DerManouelian wrote:
...
> I hate to prolong this, but the message that got him banned was in  
> fact trying to get a response of "We know it's a problem and are  
> working on it." Until that point, no one from TMS made any comment. I

Precisely.
  
> really don't think that message would have been posted if they  
> announced in response to the "bug in myth" post that the problem is  
> actually with the DataDirect service and will be resolved as soon as  
> they can.

Correct again. I first wanted to correct the inaccuracy about
this being the result of a problem with myth and to ask for
an announcement concerning this issue that they had appeared to
ignore up to that point. I had posted earlier as well as many
other registered users. This issue has been around for a couple
weeks now and they still were in full ostrich mode.

> Oh, and if TMS decides to scrap DirectData then we'll just start  
> screen scraping and bringing down their web servers again. DirectData  
> is a compromise that helps BOTH MythTV users AND TMS. They know they  
> can't stop us from scraping their data, so they've packaged it in a  
> low-bandwidth format and even tell us when it's convenient for us to  
> grab this data. We comply. They *do* benefit from providing this  
> service as much as we benefit from it. It's mutually agreeable.

Right again. Good job. This was their solution to their problem.
I would hope that they didn't think they were punishing me for
pointing out the truth that scraping is bad business for everyone
whether or not I say it or if anyone else mentions it.

--  bjm



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