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Should it be any shock they never released this application?  Your probably right though, nothing to hide on their part and clearly nothing was stolen in this coverup which resulted in no application being released.

Update 3: Before commenting, remember that no one from MediaPortal has contacted Doug or replied to his e-mails as of 04/04/2007 at 1 pm CST

Despite MediaPortal's "mistake" saying they only “borrowed” the graphics, Doug has posted more code samples in the comments of my other post.  You can compare the code of WebGuide to the code of MediaPortal and see the similarities.  As I have said, I’m not a programmer but I do understand a few of the basics and I do see similarities in the two.  Feel free to compare.  It’s hard to not think that the code was lifted from WebGuide4 when you consider what else they have admitted to already “borrowing.”

Doug also posted a follow-up to the reply by Frodo from MediaPortal with a post in his support forums

Doug: “I'm mystified as to why I was not contacted by MediaPortal in the first place when they wanted to "borrow" my work, and I'm having difficulty reconciling Frodo's explanation with the extent of the "borrowing" that took place.  My entire library of images (more than 120 and the WebGuide logo) were included in the MediaPortal site, my stylesheets are being used, and the source-code is strewn with hardcoded pieces from my HTML/ASPX pages.  There's also some awfully familiar logic flows to the layout.  And the site was even called WebGuide!  That's an awful lot of "borrowing!"  I am reassured that Frodo has stated that any references to or infringements upon WebGuide's copyrighted material will be removed from MediaPortal's site.

I've spent thousands of hours over the past four years turning WebGuide into what it is today, and it is discouraging and even a little mind-boggling to find that someone has "borrowed" my work to jump start their own product.  I appreciate the Media Center communities' overwhelming support and help in solving this issue.  Developing for such an engaged and loyal community is extremely satisfying, and I look forward to focusing on making WebGuide an even better product.”

So, you can judge for yourself based on everything that has happened today.  I see it as a huge problem, and MediaPortal's cover-up of the issue is an even bigger one.

Of course, Media Center users (MCE 2005/Vista) should check out WebGuide4. Download it here.

Update:

And so in contiues….The MediaPortal  Admin’s edited my post in their forums to point to Doug’s forums instead of my blog.  Not that I have a problem with people going to Doug’s forums (I’ve linked to them several times today and have been communicating with Doug too) but MediaPortal is now trying to cover up this even more by forcing users to only see the information they want them to see.

Yeah, they have nothing to hide.

If they didn't want users to see their "mistake," the frist step would have been not to steal someone else's work.  Be it a single image, line of code, or whole program.

Stop trying to cover it up MediaPortal guys, it ain't going to work. 

Related:

MediaPortal Steals Images from WebGuide4 Developer (Rips Off Program)

Updated: Did MediaPortal Just Rip-Off WebGuide4?

Update 3: Before commenting, remember that no one from MediaPortal has contacted Doug or replied to his e-mails as of 04/04/2007 at 1 pm CST.

Note: Original title read “Update on Stolen Code from WebGuide4 Used In MediaPortal”.  Changed to reflect known facts and too try and get MediaPortal supporters to answer my questions, instead of avoid and ignore them.  I’ll digress on the code for now.