Re: [LAD] New(ish) OSS synth plugin

On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 17:23 +0000, John Rigg wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 02:02:08PM -0400, bill-auger wrote:
> > derp, the first time i noticed this post i overlooked the egregious
> > error in the title
> >
> > one should be mindful to avoid terminology (especially acronyms) that
> > have multiple interpretations, especially when those alternate
> > interpretations can relate to the same subject area - that really
> > should not happen but it does when people give names to new things
> > without knowing that term is already widely used for something else
> >
> > in this case i am clearly referring to 'OSS' - in the context of
> > pro-audio, OSS is the "Open Sound System"; and it has been widely known
> > as such for about 20 years, and still in use today - that is how i read
> > this post at first - now i realize it was a short-hand for
> > "open-source"
>
> I too thought it meant Open Sound System at first.

I had forgotten about Open Sound System.

        /Daniel
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Received on Thu Sep 27 16:15:01 2018