Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: RME is no more
From: Marek Peteraj (marpet_AT_naex.sk)
Date: Mon Nov 29 2004 - 22:16:08 EET
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 16:59, Jack O'Quin wrote:
> Joe Hartley <jh_AT_brainiac.com> writes:
>
> > I think if RME believes releasing the data on their Firewire audio
> > poses a threat to their competitive edge, they probably have a point.
>
> Right or wrong, it is their business and their choice.
>
> > While I'm a huge fan of OSS, I have to respect when companies like
> > NVidia release binary-only drivers for a device. I'm just glad that
> > they do, when so many companies will only release for Windoze, or for
> > Windoze and Mac only. I think NVidia's support, for example, is as good
> > for Linux as it is for any other platform. Do all bugs get fixed?
> > Nope, and they don't in 99% of OSS projects, either.
>
> I believe in free speech, and this includes the right to remain
> silent. Insisting that RME release code when they would rather not
> violates *their* freedom.
Jack, i think it rather violates the freedom of their *customers* to use
the product they've purchased with the OS of their choice.
> I value libre software for being minimally
> coercive to both authors and users.
Basically i think that people here are just *too* polite to stand up and
thrash the companies for being careless. Because it's how it is.
Marek
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