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On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> A lot of people (even on this list) don't understand the extent to which

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> *supporting* a piece of software is often a far bigger cost than the

> initial development, and providing support for a platform with very few

> users is an issue for companies who want their customer service reputation

> to be very good (as NI does). It doesn't work for companies like this to

> just release something "into the wild" and forget about it.

>

That's a fair point. And also one I'm not in a place to make : I'm not

currently doing any software support.
Still I do feel that if there could be "an interaction" whereby the linux

audio community gets enough info to use Kontact samples natively in JACK

that would be awesome.
With risk of talking about what I'm not an expert in: I could see some kind

of binary .so distributed by NI that houses the Kontact internals, with a

header file describing how to use it. If this could be adapted into the

shape of a LinuxSampler engine, then win-win right?
-NI don't have to do support: the only "customer" for thier .so is a

developer, so support isn't even the right word.

-LinuxSampler is an established project: why repeat all that has already

been done?

-Kontact usage goes up (strengthens brand name.. etc etc) and I'll buy

samples from NI.
Again intrested on views... also from the Linux sampler guys if such an

endeavor would even be possible given that the politics work out.

-Harry
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

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 a far bigger cost than the initial development, and providing support for =

a platform with very few users is an issue for companies who want their cus=

tomer service reputation to be very good (as NI does). It doesn't work =

for companies like this to just release something "into the wild"=

 and forget about it.=
That's a fair point. And also one I&#=

39;m not in a place to make : I'm not currently doing any software supp=

ort.Still I do feel that if there could be "an interaction&quo=

t; whereby the linux audio community gets enough info to use Kontact sample=

s natively in JACK that would be awesome.

With risk of talking about what I'm not an expert in: I could see s=

ome kind of binary .so distributed by NI that houses the Kontact internals,=

 with a header file describing how to use it. If this could be adapted into=

 the shape of a LinuxSampler engine, then win-win right?

-NI don't have to do support: the only "customer" for thi=

er .so is a developer, so support isn't even the right word.-LinuxS=

ampler is an established project: why repeat all that has already been done=

?

-Kontact usage goes up (strengthens brand name.. etc etc) and I'll buy =

samples from NI.Again intrested on views... also from the Linux sam=

pler guys if such an endeavor would even be possible given that the politic=

s work out.

-Harry
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