[linux-audio-dev] Re: Behringer

[Dave Robillard]

On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 11:15 -0700, Doug Wellington wrote:
> Previously:
> > All this mentioning of "belief" and "church" to degrade open source
> > people is no better than me calling you and RME Nazis.  Seems to be a
> > recurring theme that the person who presents the open source position
> > makes no personal attacks whatsoever, and someone who is okay with
> > proprietary drivers responds with personal attacks (both suggestively by
> > you to Marek and directly by Jan to myself).  Let's throw the name
> > calling aside please.  Anyway...
> >
> > There are very valid technical reasons why a closed piece of hardware is
> > a POS from a Linux user's perspective.
> 
> [Heehee...  Anyone else see the irony in this?]
> 
> So, it's ok for you to imply (in a previous email to Marek) that RME is
> fascist and (in this email) that their hardware is a POS, but if anyone
> else says anything defending them, that's a personal attack?

I'm not even going to justify that with a response - you're putting so
many words into my mouth it's ridiculous.  If anyone says anything
defending RME, I said it's a personal attack (again myself)?  Are you
serious?

Anyway, read the email you're replying to again, note it's purpose, and
decide if replying as you did was really a good idea.  Enough.  Please.

> > We would like to be able to use RME's hardware to it's full extent.
> 
> There are a lot of things that I'd like to be able to do that I can't. 
> [SHRUG]  There are always other options.  Why limit yourself?

What is my other option for an 'open source friendly' firewire interface
with the capabilities of the fireface exactly?  I sure would love to
know (seriously).  If there was an equally capable open alternative I'd
be the first to go buy it and send RME an email telling them why I did
so.  Done it before, and I'll do it again.

The question is not "why limit yourself".  I am not limiting myself.
RME is limiting me.  (In a way.  Don't go there)


-DR-