What is top Posting? Well anyway, I do have some links.
# The forum where it all started
http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=54825
# The site I've established to make this happen.
http://www.woralelandia.com/openmpc
I could use all the help available. Thank you so much for all your
support and advice. I will seriously consider Linux if we're gonna
develop an OS.
Marc-Olivier Barre wrote:
> On 7/27/06, Renich Bon Ćirić <renich@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>> Well, very wise words you say. But, on the other hand, this piece of
>> hardware is worth 3,000 usd. We have a ton of users to think about. We
>> must provide compatibility with it's native format.
>>
>> It would be cool to be able to use all the OpenSource arsenal out there.
>> But first, we need to clone... at least, that's what they have said (the
>> users)
>
> Sure, cloning must also be part of the deal. I was also thinking of
> extending the possibilities of the beast while also supporting the
> current formats used. If you have to concentrate your efforts of
> negociations with Akai on something, let it be the full specs of their
> formats (or maybe it has already been given ?)
>
> The things you might lack if choosing linux are file format support,
> and eventually some driver stuff. This is such a small part of an
> operating system... compared to all the other stuff you would have to
> create if you intend to build one from scratch.
>
> _________________
> Marc-Olivier Barre,
> Kinoko en Orbite.
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