[Agnula-Developers] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Request to audio related LiveCD packagers

[Jack O'Quin]

Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano <nando at ccrma.stanford.edu> writes:

> I tend to look at it (very conveniently, of course) as neither. I view
> it as part of the hardware device we're dealing with. Without it the
> device does not work. It is distributed as a separate file (inside the
> driver disk that actually comes with the device) because it is
> convenient for the manufacturer for updates, avoiding a flash rom in the
> device, and so on and so forth. 
> 
> Most probably very few people will agree with this viewpoint :-)

Makes sense to me.  ;-)
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  joq