In Reply to: Re: Free is even better posted by Neil Wilkes on September 26, 2005 at 09:53:53:
Reverse engineering is arguably more reliable, because it duplicates reality, as opposed to specs. As we all know, not all authoring programs or all players adhere to the specs, so I would rather trust a program that uses the same format as existing discs that play on existing players rather than something built from the scratch based on a dubious interpretation of a spec book.Remember, every PC in the world today with an Award or AMI BIOS is based on partial reverse engineering of the IBM PC-AT BIOS (IBM published the original IBM PC BIOS, but not the AT BIOS or the PS/2 BIOS). Remember when the word "IBM PC clone"?
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Follow Ups
- So? - Christine Tham 18:00:49 09/26/05 (2)
- Re: So? - Neil Wilkes 06:01:13 09/27/05 (1)
- You should stop using PCs, then, and use Apple Macs - Christine Tham 16:05:49 09/27/05 (0)