Subject: Re: [TheForge] Computer question

[Andy Vida]

Michael Horgan wrote:
> 
> At 11:30 AM 11/10/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 09:13:32 -0800, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge@marktwain.net>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>I'm getting into this a little late.  But that doesn't stop me from add in
> >>my 2 cents.
> >>
> >>I recently replaced my CD drive and it has a special driver that lets me use
> >>it like a 600MB floppy drive,  read and write at will.  If I read a
> >>commercially produced CD it operated like normal, but if I format the CD
> >>myself the drive can only be opened via software, this special driver
> >>(INCD).
> >
> >         That's pretty odd.  I have a SONY superdrive (does all formats r/w)
> >         and it behaves as I would expect it to under all circumstances,
> > whether
> >         cd/r, cd/rw, or DVD.
> 
> Unable to remove the cd except by using their software, as  you had to
> close the record, i.i.e.., write  "end of file" on the cd in order to be
> able to access it again. If you just pull it out, you might as well throw
> your disk and data away.
> 

	That's called "lousy software design".  There is no excuse for
	putting such lacking products on the market anymore.  These are
	commodity-grade programs, the technology of which is so thoroughly
	converged at this point that anyone not doing it right is simply
	not paying attention and should be doing something else for a living
	like shining my shoes.  And I'm not even sure I'd trust such people
	to my shoes.