[LAU] Statement from RME regarding to Linux

Lorenzo Sutton lorenzofsutton at gmail.com
Wed Nov 14 14:19:52 UTC 2012


And when I say this to many fellow 'linuxers', they insist on the fact 
that hardware on linux and especially audio *isn't* a problem any more. 
Go figure.

And sorry for the top posting.

Lorenzo.

On 14/11/12 15:13, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>>> So hey, what's wrong with that logic? :)
>>> RME could help ALSA coders
> How exactly? What kind of help was requested? What answers were given?
>
>> , since RME seems to be a little bit
>>> interested in the Linux market. IIUC they seem to like it, that unpaid
>>> coders are writing drivers and they only need to sell their products,
>>> but they aren' interested to help. This policy is high-grade
>>> unethical.
> High-grade unethical? Only if you tend to overreact.
>
> Perhaps you are not seeing things as an entrepreneur? Maybe you could
> try to think in terms of ROI? Could it be that the amount of sales
> they get doesn't cover expenses for R&D and support?
>
> You might as well blame Adobe for not supporting people who run
> Photoshop via WINE. But I digress.
>
> Personally, I own a Focusrite device for which I don't have an
> official technical support either. In the few cases I had to contact
> the support service, they were most helpful, as much as they could. I
> don't have a problem with that, but then maybe I'm just not looking
> for offences?
>
>>> I don't understand how this makes you ":)".
> Yes, you don't understand that. And that's perfectly fine with me :)
>
> Alexandre Prokoudine
> http://libregraphicsworld.org
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