linuxaudio.org

Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
>>Today I have no good hopes for an audio-optimized general Linux desktop.

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>>Tomorrow I might feel better about it all, but right now I really don't

>>see any organized effort to change the current situation.

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>Geesh Dave, I know you are having a bad day, but this coming from the mouths

>of a board director of Linuxaudio.org... ;-)

>

Only one mouth here. ;)

Linuxaudio.org is indeed a hopeful light, but it's a small light,

probably hard to see from the vantage of GNOME/KDE/whatever desktop

development.
My apologies, Ico, I didn't intend to critique the community's efforts

(or your own work). What dismays me is the lack of any energy from

*outside* the LA community directed *towards* the community. And

considering some of the heavy weights connected to Linux today, I really

have to wonder why this status remains quo. Example: IBM does audio

hardware, they also do Linux in a big way, and they have real industry

clout. IBM can offer real material assistance to Linux audio devs, but

afaik they don't. Why not ? They can deal with SCO's nonsense but can't

fund a Linux audio project ? While I'm pleased that IBM does support the

general community, I have to wonder just how aware they are of the LA

communities.
Any lurkers from IBM who want to add to these comments ?
Curmudgeonly,
dp