From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Littler Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 02:46:35 +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 Paul Barton-Davis spake thusly: [x] > i think david's point is an important one that i didn't mention, and > he's right that the only thing, in the end, that most of the companies > are going to respond to is more than a couple of studios saying "we > run linux - we want to buy your cards/devices and there are no drivers". That's one thing altho they're more likely to be saying "we want to run linux because ..." - anyone running linux right now in a professional studio in other than an experimental way would be thought to be out of their minds given that travelling engineers/producers expect to see the familiar software "faces". IMHO the greatest hope we have for the near term for software anyway is Fear! If Cubase thinks Logic is doing a port or visa versa, they'll be off and running. I suspect that some high-end sound card drivers would follow on this. New killer apps in Linux audio software could drive this too but I think the process would take longer - the software has to get out there, be recognised for what it is, be talked about etc. I think a survey is in order! - software and drivers... asking what stage they're at with linux. Something like ... -eh? what's Linux? -we're keeping a close eye on Linux developments -we're doing a feasability study -we're working on a port right now -it's out next week! Anyone who has particular people they'd like to see surveyed please email me... Likewise anyone with relevant email addresses that get to real people. I'll put the results up on Linux MusicStation including those who didn't answer. tt John -- http://linuxmusic.cjb.net