12 Mar
2006
12 Mar
'06
9:05 p.m.
On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 23:58 +0000, cdr wrote:
as for audio - windows users are stuck with a turd of
an internal system that was bypassed by Steinberg under the name ASIO. Linux is in a
similar situation - theres the gstreamer apps, and the JACK apps. id argue for merging of
gstreamer and JACK so that we can finally get what CoreAudio has had for years. but
clearly the two sides havent shown much interest in merging their efforts.
i'd say there are a few advantages to the 'Dictatorial' approach to
Apple's software design. especially when theres a lot of talented engineers around
(thanks high hardware margins!) to put it all together..
i've been a strong advocate of the dictatorial approach. but one thing
you are missing here is that it took this (LAD) set of rag-tag
programmers to bring inter-application audio routing to CoreAudio. JACK
continues to provide the OSX community with something that neither Apple
nor Propellerheads have so far been able to willing to do. Dictators are
useful, but so are a bunch of blowhards, sometimes.
--p