this is ridiculous - Page 38

danielkh · 04-23-2008, 09:59 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Autockr989

That's the point though. I'm not looking for them to tell me what the future holds for SD, because its obvious, their not closing up shop, but to stop supporting the existing state of the product has no revelvance to the situation, unless they are in some sort of lawsuit, which i doubt because they wouldn't be posting anything on the forum, not even the worthless statements we see every two weeks.

Fiberobtics statements appear like that guy in the old Mortal Kombat game. He appears in the corner of the screen saying "toasty!"

lol.....

If nothing else, it might put pressure on the mp3 guys to push whoever IS in charge to give up something, so nothing is in vain here....

Why I said I agree. Either way, it does have an effect on them.

Reason I laugh is I can just picture these guys with their hands tied....reading posts like yours. It has to suck big time for them.

froalskiner · 04-23-2008, 11:19 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ViViper1

what ever happened to streetdeckace?

He hasn't logged in for a few months so Im guessing he was the customer service guy that was listed on the About Us page before it was changed...who knows...

mrcgibb · 04-23-2008, 01:03 PM

i truely hope that Sd is on the way up , but if not i will have to bite the bullet and buy centrafuse

danielkh · 04-23-2008, 01:50 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mrcgibb

i truely hope that Sd is on the way up , but if not i will have to bite the bullet and buy centrafuse

You have 30 days to try cf (I think if you load 1.2, you get another 30), and your SD code isn't going anywhere.......I think your safe for now.

jsdr78 · 04-23-2008, 02:01 PM

I just tried CF and it sucks compared to SD

coffeejolts · 04-23-2008, 02:08 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mrcgibb

i truely hope that Sd is on the way up , but if not i will have to bite the bullet and buy centrafuse

Can't believe this thread is still going.

Anyhow, if SD is going OEM (and who knows?), there's no guarantee that current SD users will benefit. If the buyer is a hardware company, their motive would be to use SD to push hardware sales. If it's an auto manufacturer, they'd want you to buy their car. So, we might not be able to purchase just the software. As DanielK mentioned, all we are ever guaranteed is what we get in the box.

Of course, this could be a legal issue (ie someone is getting sued), in which case the courts will decide all of this for us.

muflon · 04-23-2008, 02:15 PM

Did anyone consider the simple probability of MP3car's or SD owners ****ing off a developer who wrote all the code and that developer taught them a lesson by leaving with the source... And now they have to start from scratch... That would explain the lack of customer support and bug fixes

Autockr989 · 04-23-2008, 02:23 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by coffeejolts

Can't believe this thread is still going.

Anyhow, if SD is going OEM (and who knows?), there's no guarantee that current SD users will benefit. If the buyer is a hardware company, their motive would be to use SD to push hardware sales. If it's an auto manufacturer, they'd want you to buy their car. So, we might not be able to purchase just the software. As DanielK mentioned, all we are ever guaranteed is what we get in the box.

Of course, this could be a legal issue (ie someone is getting sued), in which case the courts will decide all of this for us.

I highly doubt that they would be continuing the sale of the product if it wasn't going to benefit the end user. That would lead to more lawsuits and headache. Not worth the extra couple bucks. Plus any agreement of those sorts that you mentioned, that didn't benefit the end user, I don't think the company they are in agreement would allow the continued sale of the product if they weren't going to support the existing customer base.

Autockr989 · 04-23-2008, 02:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by muflon

Did anyone consider the simple probability of MP3car's or SD owners ****ing off a developer who wrote all the code and that developer taught them a lesson by leaving with the source... And now they have to start from scratch... That would explain the lack of customer support and bug fixes

What lesson, that the people that have paid for the software offended chuck so he logs in everyday to see what we say but ran off with SD to not be able to resell it becuase of copyright infringment as well as not make anymore money on it. Are you serious?

muflon · 04-23-2008, 02:43 PM

Let me elaborate... Lets say SD was in negotiations with say Intel. Chuck or someone else was doing all the negotiations without bothering to ask what the actual developers that work for him thought. At one point they had an argument when he could offend them or something, or simply not appreciate the work they have done or not pay the enough... And they quit... Of course they wouldn't want for some other hired programmers to get the fame and money for their almost finished product so they took the source and all mp3car's left with is the last compiled version on their servers... And the "smart negotiator/manager" is left with *****

Just a version that I think is much more relistic then all the "conspiracy theories" here

coffeejolts · 04-23-2008, 02:45 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Autockr989

I highly doubt that they would be continuing the sale of the product if it wasn't going to benefit the end user. That would lead to more lawsuits and headache. Not worth the extra couple bucks. Plus any agreement of those sorts that you mentioned, that didn't benefit the end user, I don't think the company they are in agreement would allow the continued sale of the product if they weren't going to support the existing customer base.

Actually, it wouldn't result in any lawsuits. When you buy software, you get what you get. Support is traditionally provided since it keeps customers happy, but I don't believe it's a legal requirement. If you own SD, check the license agreement and see what it says. I don't have it so I can't say.

coffeejolts · 04-23-2008, 02:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by muflon

Let me elaborate... Lets say SD was in negotiations with say Intel. Chuck or someone else was doing all the negotiations without bothering to ask what the actual developers that work for him thought. At one point they had an argument when he could offend them or something, or simply not appreciate the work they have done or not pay the enough... And they quit... Of course they wouldn't want for some other hired programmers to get the fame and money for their almost finished product so they took the source and all mp3car's left with is the last compiled version on their servers... And the "smart negotiator/manager" is left with *****

Just a version that I think is much more relistic then all the "conspiracy theories" here

Any dev shop worth it's @$$ has off site backups of all its source code.

muflon · 04-23-2008, 02:50 PM

Who says that they were worth their @$$? Maybe just a bunch of hobbyists that were onto something and all of a sudden got a big head about who the main guy is and had a breakup

muflon · 04-23-2008, 03:02 PM

It actually starts making more sense the more I think about it... Thats why they started selling CF, to have at least some $ coming in... Thats why a bunch of moderators left... They were probably more loyal to ppl that left mp3car then ppl that stayed.

Disefyl · 04-23-2008, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Any dev shop worth it's @$$ has off site backups of all its source code.

Actually, thats irrelevant since most contracts state that anything developed by an employee similar in nature to the products of the company is intellectual property of the company. Not to mention that since the source would have been developed for SD, deleting/leaving with it would be theft.

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