> I am not sure that providing opensource drivers is risk free, and I am a huge > proponent of oss. You do not sound like a lawyer,
I am one. > > Better luck next time. ;) > > > > I'd give it one more chance and post a 'rme - take action' letter to lad > > and lau which would encourage people to go to the rme forum, tell them > > that their using their hw, what kind of hw they have purchased and that > > they would continue to do so in the future. But i fear that a lot of > > people would just ignore it, thinking to themselves 'my vote doesn't > > count, they will ignore it anyway, it's a waste of time, there's just 5 > > of us' or similar. I might be wrong. If somebody wants to encourage me > > in doing this i'd be glad to do it. I'd also encourage to write polite > > letters if that's what suits the majority here ;) > > > Politeness is almost always a better approach to get what you want. Your opinion. Mine is - depends. In this case...not. For various reasons. > > > If we'd achieve a fairly large number - say 100, the consequences would > > be either: > > > > - RME reconsidering their decision > > - raising interest of all the RME customers in linux audio, because > > virtually everyone there is able to try it out on a "professional > > level". Except the fireface users(minority still, since it's a new > > device). which if successful, would most likely bring RME to reconsider > > their postion anyway. > > > > The number of interested people is not the only factor in RME's decision. > I would be surprised if a mere 100 people would have any impact at all. You'd be surprised. > This > is not to say that I do not support such efforts, just be a little more > realistic with the expectations. I could tell the same to you. Marek
