I agree with you 100% and I made a diplomatic reply and guess what I was only partially quoted. I did state I wasn't being biased as I do own the product too.
People like to selectively quote when they can use only a portion of it to bolster their argument.
And now a little lecturing to the world in general...
When it comes to Slysoft and DVDFab I think it will always be like jet fuel and a spark. Combine the two and you end up with a very large explosion.
I am a huge fan of Slysoft products but I would never consider myself a
fanboy. I am a
fanboy of nothing. There's a huge difference between fan and
fanboy and you will always find
fanboys for any product. The problem is that most
fanboys are, IMO, ignorant and refuse to give any credence to any information that doesn't agree with their
tunnel vision beliefs.
I have already publically stated how pissed I am that VSO ConvertXToDVD violates the GPL and I no longer use their software. They are ethically wrong. Now, up until the issue came to light I recommended the software to anyone who asked. Now I cannot. So, as you can see, I was a fan there, too, but never a
fanboy.
In the end people need to be open-minded enough and mature enough to handle the criticism of a product when the criticism has merit and when information is offered to validate the criticism then people need to actually look into it instead of a reflexive
"Up yours. You're just doing this because it's a conspiracy to promote another program." That's already been said in slightly different words but the point was there.
When Slysoft made use of old FixVTS code in the AnyDVD ripper they clearly stated such and when the license changed on the FixVTS code they stayed with the older code and made their own improvements. Ethical implications? There are none.
Has it ever been proven that AnyDVD HD makes use of any prior work from
Doom9? I haven't seen any evidence at all and actually Slysoft went further by removing region coding on BR discs before anyone else. There's no evidence that Slysoft didn't develop their product completely independently. Ethical implications? There are none.
If tomorrow I was shown proof that Slysoft had done something I consider ethically wrong then I would be saying the same exact things I've said about DVDFab and VSO. Ethics overrule being a fan any day of the week and when they don't then you just might be a
fanboy.
Bleh. I'll stop now. I think my point is clear. I'm in a ranting mood this week. It must be a result of the full moon on July 30th.