> From: ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net
> To: paul@linuxaudiosystems.com
> > > I won an iPod 2 and I flirt with selling it and then to buy some Android
> > http://saitarasoftware.com/Site/Home.html
>
> Wow, thank you Paul. I still wonder if it's useful to own an iPad ;).

There was a discussion recently on andraudio regarding Linux audio and the 

Google platform. The going response was that Linux is Linux, Android is blah

blah blah. In short, the teams felt that never the twain should meet.

Personally I found that not just a bit black and white, but worse that Linux

audio which has lived a life in a corner of a far of field was missing out on the 

chance to ride on the crest of a wave that android is continuing to bring home.

There is plenty to lament in what Android brings to audio but at the same

time it has an immensity to offer to the audio isolate that is Linux audio. It is 

a shame that LAD/LAU has not jumped on the Andriod bandwagon, or even 

bothered to hi-jack it for their own needs. This is probably the only chance

that any kind of Linux audio can become mainstream.

I think Paul has a perspective on this although he has not expressed an opinion.

My personal feeling is that Linux audio is a dynamic, open and very capable

environment but that it might never break out into mainstream without 

embracing a major platform such as Android now is. There are ~500,000 systems

being sparked up every day, and it is almost greenfield for audio development.

Kind regards, nick.