[linux-audio-dev] Re: [Alsa-devel] Firewire Audio Card Support

[Amaury Jacquot]

Steve Harris wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:15:52 +0100, Olaf Christ wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>as the owner of a firewire audio card (Motu 828mkII) I was disappointed when 
>>trying to use it under linux. Asking Motu to provide tech docs and/or linux 
>>drivers is useless: "We will possibly release linux drivers in the future, 
>>but we never release any kind of technical documentation."
> 
> 
> That is actually a big improvemnt. When we (linuaudio.org) were demoing at
> Sounds Live in London earlier this year, the were telling thier users that
> they had no intention of supporting linux, and wouldn't release docs.
> 
> Though with the number of thier users we were sending to them to ask, I
> guess they were getting a bit concerned :)
> 
> - Steve

what's the rationale behind the "we won't release any docs" nonsense ?

someone needs to come out with a professionnal libre-design sound 
card... (can't be that hard)

Amaury