[linux-audio-dev] Re: Behringer

[Jan Depner]

On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 19:48, Paul Davis wrote:
> >The point is not that someone might reverse engineer and do a
> >worse/better oss driver. The point is that nvidia, ati, xgi, matrox
> >*should* do open source drivers.
> 
> The point is that nobody has persuaded them of this, and in the matrox
> case, they actually went backwards, from our perspective. These
> companies cannot be shown to be incorrect, all we can say is that they
> have a different perspective on the world than we do. Their different
> perspective might make you want to boycott them, or try to change
> their minds. If boycott is your thing, end of story.
> 
> Otherwise, given the apparent absence of a benign, GPL-friendly deity
> who will change their minds on our behalf, the question would seem to
> be can they be convinced, and if so how? Does anybody think that the
> attitude that Marek and Dave R. have offered might work? I, for one,
> do not. Actually, I am not actually sure that they can be convinced,
> which makes it all a bit irrelevant.
> 

    You know where I stand on this one.   There is one thing that Marek
brought up that might be interesting - audioscience.  Maybe they'll take
a look at what we need.

Jan