9 Nov
2002
9 Nov
'02
4:23 p.m.
If they're unable or unwilling to tell the
difference between "free
software" and "software that is written for free" then there's
probably never going to be a linux sdk for their hardware. Its just
too specialised and complex for someone to do it for free, or to
modify anything that's already out there to do the job.
this is a complete mis-statement of the problem. soundart is not a
large company by any means. like most companies making pro audio
equipment, they exist in a very small niche market and are generally
small entities. they have neither the financial nor human resources to
put into a linux port.
and lets suppose they did so. how many extra units would they actually
sell? my guess is less than a dozen or so in a given year. notice that
i said "extra". the chameleon doesn't run linux, we're talking about
developers who want to work on linux but develop DSP code for the
chameleon. thats a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny market.
there just isn't any financial justification at this point for a small
company with an existing SDK for the most widely used OS in the world
to spin off cash, time and/or people to develop a linux SDK, even if
they *wanted* to.
--p