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On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <

pedro.lopez.cabanillas@gmail.com> wrote:
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> There are other use cases for MIDI that don't involve soft synths, or even

> don't involve music at all. What I find laughable is the arrogance of

> pretending that everybody fits a single use case.

>

it certainly would be laughable if someone were to do that. but it appears

that this is yet another de-personalized attempt to point the finger

specifically at *me*. if so, then i find that a bit odd, given that i have

repeatedly explained right here on this list, even with the last few

months, the pros and cons of ALSA vs. JACK MIDI for different purposes.
i have no idea why you find it necessary to cast me as some kind of special

case in this community. i happened to be involved in the design of JACK,

which has been successful against my own expectations and these days

against my own judgement. i'm also the principal developer of ardour which

has been quite successful and have managed to make a living from (which was

never the original goal). i also happen to have strong opinions on what

good audio/MIDI software design looks like, and i don't shrink from sharing

those with this (and other) contexts.
i understand that you're upset by my historical dislike of the KDE/Qt

"world", but if you actually bothered to engage with me rather than just

throw caustic barbs in my direction, you might find that (a) it has

ameliorated somewhat over time (b) its largely irrelevant. it might also be

possible to understand that what i have "against" the ALSA sequencer is not

the functionality that it provides but its implementation as a kernel-side

facility, which i believe (and can substantiate with numbers and facts and

old mailing list discussions) is the result of beliefs about linux that may

have been true but have not been true for many years now.
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MIDI that don't involve soft synths, or even don't involve music at=

 all. What I find laughable is the arrogance of pretending that everybody f=

its a single use case.

it certainly would be laughable if someone were=

 to do that. but it appears that this is yet another de-personalized attemp=

t to point the finger specifically at *me*. if so, then i find that a bit o=

dd, given that i have repeatedly explained right here on this list, even wi=

th the last few months, the pros and cons of ALSA vs. JACK MIDI for differe=

nt purposes.

i have no idea why you find it necessary to cast me as some kind of spe=

cial case in this community. i happened to be involved in the design of JAC=

K, which has been successful against my own expectations and these days aga=

inst my own judgement. i'm also the principal developer of ardour which=

 has been quite successful and have managed to make a living from (which wa=

s never the original goal). i also happen to have strong opinions on what g=

ood audio/MIDI software design looks like, and i don't shrink from shar=

ing those with this (and other) contexts.

i understand that you're upset by my historical dislike of the KDE/=

Qt "world", but if you actually bothered to engage with me rather=

 than just throw caustic barbs in my direction, you might find that (a) it =

has ameliorated somewhat over time (b) its largely irrelevant. it might als=

o be possible to understand that what i have "against" the ALSA s=

equencer is not the functionality that it provides but its implementation a=

s a kernel-side facility, which i believe (and can substantiate with number=

s and facts and old mailing list discussions) is the result of beliefs abou=

t linux that may have been true but have not been true for many years now. =
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