[linux-audio-user] Interesting Tidbit: The Midas XL8 uses Linux

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 19:47 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 11:49 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 04:50 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 01:32 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 01:08 -0400, Jordan Nash wrote:
> > > > > According to the May 2006 edition of Pro Audio Review (Page 12, Column
> > > > > 1, Paragraph 3), the Midas XL8 Digital Console uses Linux: "Like many
> > > > > other devices these days, the XL8 is built on a Linux platform, which
> > > > > has proven to be both stable and secure, compared to other common
> > > > > operating systems."
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Any idea what audio interface it uses and where the source code can be
> > > > downloaded?
> > > > 
> > > > > I just thought that it was a bit interesting. Anyone want to take bets
> > > > > on how long it will be before DigiDesign switches over? ;-)
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > That would be great, it would require them to open source their drivers.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > >     Why do you assume this?  There are plenty of closed-source
> > > applications and drivers running on top of Linux.
> > > 
> > 
> > Closed source applications are perfectly OK.  A closed source ALSA
> > driver violates the GPL.
> > 
> 
>     But... what if... they didn't use ALSA?  It's been known to happen.
> 

That's certainly possible.  I guess we have no way to know until someone
buys one and gets the sources ;-)

You think there's a chance they used OSS?  Do you know of any pro audio
vendors who have done this?

Lee