Re: [Consortium] re: Linuxaudio.org updates

Hi Robin, I feel I have to point out that saying 'Linux is *just* a kernel' seriously downplays the engineering effort involved in building operating system kernels; particularly in this context, kernels with low-latency capabilities which approach real-time performance, yet support a wide range of hardware platforms. I'm all for the GNU Project getting the full credit for its massive and early contribution to free software, but if writing kernels was so easy then the Hurd would have been finished a long time ago. Arguably so, and please rest assured that I have had the 'the talk' from RMS more than once, but in the case of linuxaudio.org the organisation is specifically about the Linux kernel and related free software. We don't cover audio on BSD, Darwin or any other free software platform. We do recognise the The Linux Mark Institute and the work it has done to defend the Linux trademark. Cheers! Daniel