>
>That's not a problem, that's the usual evolution as seen may
>times in the free software world.
>
free software is one thing, but free software developers making value
off of working installations is another thing.
'free software' doesn't just mean 'not caring how its used'.
>The problem is that an audio developer these days has less
>chances to choose the "right" system. That's why commercial
>software (Realplayer, Skype) often still uses OSS - it's easy
>to do and works on many un*x machines.
>
what annoys me most is the fact that any linux audio software
developer worth his salt is at least as capable as any boot-cd
vendor. why not just take it all the way to the end, its not like
its not just a sunday afternoon or something ..
>What's missing is a clear guideline for (newbie) programmers
>of audio applications and maybe an example client or library
>which is able to autodetect the audio subsystem.
>
"authoritarian solution" is an oxymoron in the F/OSS world, imho.
please, prove me wrong.
-- ; Jay VaughanReceived on Tue Jun 14 04:15:17 2005
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