Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 15:43 -0500, Lee Revell wrote: >> > Did this happen? >> >> Maybe not to them but look at Mackie and Behringer. > > 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. > Maybe the reason no firewire hardware is supported is because Behringer > and their ilk would instantly have all the info they need to copy the > design and mass produce it. I highly doubt this argtument really holds, especially since we're just talking a driver here. You aren't exactly getting a hardware design file or something, you just get the source on how to drive the hardware. > Doesn't matter how cheap the device is to design - it will _always_ > be cheaper to rip someone off than design it yourself. Well then, simple, go through the linux sources and rip all the manufacturers off, you should be very rich in a matter of time, right? No, wrong. -- CYa, Mario
