Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] RME is no more
From: R Parker (rtp405_AT_yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Nov 25 2004 - 10:26:21 EET
Hi,
--- Florin Andrei <florin_AT_andrei.myip.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 11:20 +1100, Dan Harper wrote:
> >
> > I will also make my official statement to all
> sound card manufacturers.
> > I will only buy sound cards that are fully
> operational with my operating
> > system of choice - Linux.
It seems we have three people that have made their
official position known. That speaks volumes; very,
very low volume. How many RME cards have been
purchased by by Linux audio users? Maybe 50, 100 or
200. That's not enough to purchase a years worth of
toilet paper for a well fed family.
I know absolutely nothing about RME. I'm guessing
there's an engineer who started the company and does
at least %75 of all design work. I imagine the first
thing he does when arriving at the office in the
morning is check the phone messages, vacume the floor
and empty the ashtrays. I suspect RME is a very small
company and like every other small business in the
world it's 30 days away from being bankrupt.
> I'm thinking - if someone could put together (and
> maintain! that's the
> hard part) a simple web page, containing just one
> table with four
> columns:
>
> 1. Manufacturers of sound cards supported by Linux
> 2. Feed-back addresses and contacts for said
> manufacturers
> 3. Manufacturers of sound cards not supported by
> Linux (well, at least
> the major players, there's no point in listing every
> single microscopic
> company)
> 4. Feed-back addresses and contacts of said
> manufacturers
>
> Then, whenever a Linux user buys a card supported by
> Linux, it would be
> very simple to send a thank you to the respective
> manufacturer ("hey
> guys, i'm buying this card because it's supported by
> Linux, thanks")
I think that's a great idea.
and
> send a f*** you to all manufacturers in column #3
> ("hey guys, i bought a
> card made by XYZ instead of you, because your cards
> are not supported by
> Linux, no thanks").
I get as much juice from flippin the bird as the next
guy but in this instance I think it would do more harm
than good.
> Put that page on a prominent Linux multimedia site,
> advertise it and
> encourage everyone to use it. If thousands of people
> do that, i betcha
> we will see some changes.
Therein lies the problem, we do not number in the
thousands. Well, according to the stats for
subscribers to LAU and LAD there's a couple thousand
of us. Our day in the sun hasn't arrived but I think
it will because the energy of the LAU/LAD community is
very positive.
Alwright, I'm as frustrated as anyone else and love
flippin the bird. Count me in under one condition; we
flip off someone from whom we want nothing. Deal?
ron
> Florin Andrei
>
> http://florin.myip.org/
>
>
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