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Interview with Alexander Noe, PxScan Developer

Posted by Hemos on from the good-information-to-have dept.

wikinerd writes "I interviewed Alexander Noe, developer of the open source PxScan and PxView utilities. He recently received a cease-and-desist letter by Shinano Kenshi, the Japanese company which controls Plextor. His utilities provide similar functionality with PlexTools, sending special command sequences to Plextor DVD recorders that activate special features such as media quality check."

3 of 128 comments (clear)

  1. OMG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Seems like Plextor forced the server hosting the interview off the web!!!

    No wait...

  2. Well Time to add it to the Boycott List by CodePyro · · Score: 3, Funny

    So far we have the following on the boycott list:
    1. SCO
    2. Microsoft XP Professional Edition(Home is ok *wink*)
    3. Java (read "The Java Trap")
    4. French Products (no real valid reason)
    5. Plextor (see above article)

  3. Re:The source by todu · · Score: 2, Funny

    > As always, the correct approach is for everyone worried about this to send polite emails to Plextor corporate.

    Yeah? Oh well, why not:

    Subject: Regarding your cease and desist letter to Alexander Noe.

    Hello Plextor,

    Please forward this email to your CEO.

    I read a story about your company sending legal threats to a free software developer making software for your hardware. I am just a powerless individual and realize my request has no real meaning to you and your competing companies. But what the heck - "please cease and desist threatening that poor dude. You should welcome his free work."

    The story I read can be read here:

    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/06/11 39203&tid=185&tid=123&tid=1

    Peace and love.

    --
    Regards,

    Thomas Anderson