mclaren's opinion of CDR technology

As a novice but successful user of CDR over the last few weeks, I was
puzzled by Brian Mclaren's statements about the reliability of CDR
technology (it always worked for me). I therefore forwarded his post to
Dana Parker, an editor at CD ROM Professional magazine for comment. I
recieved a reply that she said I could distribute freely, so I will post
it. Although it is rather lengthy, it is no longer than some of Brians
posts, and I believe it addresses an important issue--whether CDR is
reliable enough as a means of distribution of music for the microtonal
composer. I am inclined to be more gentle towards mclaren than she is, as
I believe he may have been misled by faulty advice from his experts, but
I think the readers of this forum deserve as much info as possible on
this new technology.
John Starrett

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