30 Nov
2004
30 Nov
'04
6:33 p.m.
On Sun, 2004-28-11 at 14:17 +0100, Mario Lang wrote:
Lee Revell <rlrevell(a)joe-job.com> writes:
Ditto. A closed driver is not fine at all. It's worse than no driver
at all, since it sets a /very/ dangerous precedent. (If you don't think
it's a dangerous precedent you just have no foresight and havn't
actually thought about the implications at all)
If you want to use proprietary drivers, go use Windows or Mac OS or
Solaris or whatever suits you.... seriously. Both Windows and MacOS are
extremely superior in terms of support for Audio hardware (and
software). Go use them. The solitary reason to use Linux you clearly
don't care about so... why use it? It just doesn't make sense.
I'd rather not have people with this ignorant 'closed drivers = good'
opinion turning Linux into yet another Windows. If you want a sh***y
proprietary OS, there's plenty to choose from already. Do the rest of
us a favour and don't advocate turning Linux into yet another one.
-DR-
(P.S. Spare the flames. Seriously.)
On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 15:43 -0500, Lee Revell
wrote:
Just to save people some googling here is a thread that documents the
long and colorful history of pro audio hardware manufacturers blatantly
ripping each other off, often leaving the victims with no legal
recourse:
http://homerecording.com/bbs/archive/index.php/t-74439.html
IMO the issue is not whether RME's concern is valid - clearly it is.
Sorry, but arguing otherwise makes us look stupid and naive. The issue
is how to address this concern. If that means a closed source Linux
driver, fine.
No, not fine, not for me, not at all. Simplified, I'll buy FireWire interfaces
from the first manufacturer who comes out with proper open source linux
support and the features I need. For all others, sorry, no bussiness with
me. Especially since there are PCI interfaces around, and if I really
wanted to do pro audio on my laptop I could get a PCMCIA card as well. Did this
happen?
Maybe not to them but look at Mackie and Behringer.