14 Jan
2004
14 Jan
'04
12:04 p.m.
It's probably a bit of a wake up call to some
folks on this list
that this cosey LAD-cabal is about to be usurped, absorbed and
displaced by a cororate-cabal and you're aim is to encourage this
procedure.
Are you an ironist of some kind, Mark?
There is some uneaze about whether the likes of
Steinberg and M$ are in any way welcome on the same planet, let
alone involved in any decisions about the future of ALSA/Jack/*
Firstly, neither Steinberg or Microsoft have been invited to join
linuxaudio.org, nor have they asked to. Secondly, I'm not at all
clear how membership of a consortium designed to promote the use of
libre software would allow these two companies to steer the ALSA
project, or any other. Thirdly, did you fail to notice that ALSA
development is now paid for by Novell?
My point is: don't take it for granted that
everyone here will
smile upon your efforts.
I certainly won't. I think I'll concentrate on talking to people
actually making a positive contribution to Linux audio from now on.
The reason the long hard route has been
taken in the first place is to avoid being shafted by corporate
hidden agendas and unabashed profit motives...
You presume I'm in favour of corporate shafting? You know nothing
about me, then.
which you are now
openly promoting using a debatably iconic netmark
If it's iconic, one of you should have bothered registering it before
two weeks ago - you had years to do it.
and without any
obvious signs of merit other than doing what _you_ think is
appropriate.
Actually, I've spoken to a lot of people in the community about this,
who have nearly all been supportive.
Cheers
Daniel