[linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] RME is no more

[Lee Revell]

On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 13:45 -0600, Rick Taylor wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 December 2004 12:31 am, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 12:03 +0100, Esben Stien wrote:
> > > Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> writes:
> > > > So basically they want to protect their investment in getting
> > > > knowledge of how to implement a powerful firewire interface from the
> > > > eyes of other hardware manufacturers.
> > >
> > > A society where you put money higher than cooperating with other
> > > people is not a good society, in my opinion.
> 
> "Cooperation" like "open source"?
> 

RME is a _hardware_ company.  They won't release specs or an open source
driver because it would give the competition too much information about
their _hardware_.

> > Christ, what the fuck country do you live in?  Don't you understand the
> > concept of people having bills to pay?  Or do you just assume the RME
> > guys are independenly wealthy and just design sound cards for fun?
> >
> > Sheesh.
> >
> > Lee
> 
> What would happen if you didn't have "bills to pay"?

Why does it matter?

Lee