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

[Lee Revell]

On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 12:06 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Fine with me.  If I shelled out for RME hardware I better be able to
> > call RME for support, same as on any other OS.  You get what you pay
> > for, right?
> 
> Sure, but when you buy it and the box says 'Requires Mac OS X or
> Windows XP' then as a buyer I have to respect that. I cannot expect
> them to support Linux when it wasn't advertised that it works on
> Linux. RME has given me GREAT support under Windows and I expect that
> this will not change. They are a great company. I own two cards and
> wouldn't hesitate to buy another if I was going to set up another
> Windows box.

Yeah, I was referring to an Nvidia like scenario, where they don't
release open drivers, but release closed Linux drivers of comparable
quality and the same support as the Windows driver.

Of course I would be pretty annoyed if they just drop Linux completely,
for the same reasons as others in this thread - they have a relationship
with the community at this point.  But I don't think they would be that
stupid.  After all pissing off hundreds of potential customers is just
as bad an idea as giving valuable IP to the competition.

Lee