Re: [linux-audio-user] Interesting Tidbit: The Midas XL8 uses Linux

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>
Date: Wed Jun 07 2006 - 18:49:48 EEST

On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 04:50 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 01:32 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 01:08 -0400, Jordan Nash wrote:
> > > According to the May 2006 edition of Pro Audio Review (Page 12, Column
> > > 1, Paragraph 3), the Midas XL8 Digital Console uses Linux: "Like many
> > > other devices these days, the XL8 is built on a Linux platform, which
> > > has proven to be both stable and secure, compared to other common
> > > operating systems."
> > >
> >
> > Any idea what audio interface it uses and where the source code can be
> > downloaded?
> >
> > > I just thought that it was a bit interesting. Anyone want to take bets
> > > on how long it will be before DigiDesign switches over? ;-)
> > >
> >
> > That would be great, it would require them to open source their drivers.
> >
>
> Why do you assume this? There are plenty of closed-source
> applications and drivers running on top of Linux.
>

Closed source applications are perfectly OK. A closed source ALSA
driver violates the GPL.

Lee
Received on Wed Jun 7 20:15:03 2006

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