From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Hollis Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 20:06:30 +0000 Subject: Re: 4D-NXs (was Re: Sync Issues) Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Paul Barton-Davis wrote: > * "we don't have enough programmers to do that" If the drivers are being written for them by volunteers, I dont see how this is relevant. > * "we don't have any written documentation to give you guys - > we wrote the driver by having the software group sit in with > the hardware group" This should be a warning sign to anyone thinking of purchasing their hardware. If a company cant be bothered to internally document the hardware, what happens if key engineers leave the company? Oh dear, their project is *permanently screwed*, which means zero support for end users. This is no way to run a company. > * "we think our hardware's proprietary secrets will be revealed > if there is a source code driver" Uh, isnt this what patents are for? If someone reverse engineers their card, they are *completely screwed* unless they have patent protection. -Dan