[linux-audio-dev] Best-performing Linux-friendly MIDI interfaces?

[Jay Vaughan]

>
>That's not a problem, that's the usual evolution as seen may
>times in the free software world.
>

free software is one thing, but free software developers making value 
off of working installations is another thing.

'free software' doesn't just mean 'not caring how its used'.

>The problem is that an audio developer these days has less
>chances to choose the "right" system. That's why commercial
>software (Realplayer, Skype) often still uses OSS - it's easy
>to do and works on many un*x machines.
>

what annoys me most is the fact that any linux audio software 
developer worth his salt is at least as capable as any boot-cd 
vendor.  why not just take it all the way to the end, its not like 
its not just a sunday afternoon or something ..

>What's missing is a clear guideline for (newbie) programmers
>of audio applications and maybe an example client or library
>which is able to autodetect the audio subsystem.
>

"authoritarian solution" is an oxymoron in the F/OSS world, imho. 
please, prove me wrong.

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Jay Vaughan