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On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:10:51PM -0400, drew Roberts wrote:

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> On Tuesday 28 April 2009 21:33:09 Paul Davis wrote:

> > General point: there will be no linux support for USB2 audio devices

> > that looks anything like what currently exists for USB1. There is no

> > "class compliant device specification" for USB2 audio at present (and

> > my guess is that there will never be one).

>

> That's how it looks to play out to me too. Brain dead. There is a lot of brain

> dead plays from "world class" companies. It boggles the mind. A mom and pop

> making some of the mistakes I see is one thing, world leading enterprises

> making them is another thing entirely.

No no. From their standpoint, this is not a fail, it is a big WIN! Interoperability and standardization is bad! It reduces profits, allows customers to have choice, makes reverse engineering so much easier, and makes it easier for competitors to make better products cheaper. These are all terrible, awful things to proprietary product salespeople and MBA types-- who don't understand that they're not selling any kind of magical patentable phamaceutical, but rather a straightforward electronic product that any competent development team could design just as well, if not better. And that many others will do the same thing, and crowd the market with incompatible crap, possibly enough so to prevent the whole market from going anywhere at all.
>

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> > This means that just as

> > with PCI devices, each and every device (or certainly each and every

> > chipset) needs its own distinct driver, written one by one by one.

> >

> > Yet another incredible SNAFU from the audio technology industry - the

> > folks who bought you MIDI and then lost the plot, started squabbling

> > amongst themselves, and then the show was cancelled.

> >

> > --p

>

> drew

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