14 Jan
2004
14 Jan
'04
5:12 p.m.
a couple of things...
first, the reason (or one of) i think you are seeing such strong
reaction is that this website has come as rather a suprise to a lot of
people on here. i think everyone involved in linux audio development (in
any way, be it writing, bugfixing or testing apps or libraries) has
become rather used to having a voice in the process, and being able to
appoint 'leaders' if needs be. linuxaudio.org is one persons effort to
set up a central focus for that, and until now it was done in secret.
that makes a lot of people feel cut out which is not a good thing. this
has the potential to be an important thing, so it should be some sort of
democratic process.
second, there has been a little anti corporation sentiment kicking
around in this thread. personally i think it would be fantastic to get
big audio companies giving input on how they think things should work.
that way the linux audio world could give them the things they need to
get their products working in linux. obviously they can't adopt the open
source model for their software, but having it work alongside open
source stuff would be a huge boost for linux audio. corporations aren't
evil, and open source isnt the only way!
ian
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 11:01, Daniel James wrote:
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ian esten <deviant(a)custard.org>
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