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Old 15-12-2005   #6 (permalink)
SlySoft
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Re: AnyDVD and DivX, Xvid

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Originally Posted by Whisperer1
SlySoft,
So why do you have to fix their bloody bug?

Do you ever communicate with other companys' engineering department heads and tell them your suggestions to fix their bugs?
Depends. Xvid for example is open source software, so we could simply check in a bugfix there (if we find a solution).
On the other hand, if we can modify our products to work better with 3rd party tools, we will do that. It improves the customer's experience and frees support resources: You don't need to tell customers "for this to work, you need to upgrade to version ... of product ..."
Not to mention that the support crew would be required to be informed about various 3rd party tools. It is much simpler to tell the customer "use the newest AnyDVD. Come back, if you still have problems."

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Originally Posted by Whisperer1
BTW: Don't know if this topic is sensitive but has slysoft started working on either of the coming HD format protection solutions yet?
No. It does not make sense to start working on something, which does not exist.
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