On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 16:59, Jack O'Quin wrote: > Joe Hartley <jh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I think if RME believes releasing the data on their Firewire audio > > poses a threat to their competitive edge, they probably have a point. > > Right or wrong, it is their business and their choice. > > > While I'm a huge fan of OSS, I have to respect when companies like > > NVidia release binary-only drivers for a device. I'm just glad that > > they do, when so many companies will only release for Windoze, or for > > Windoze and Mac only. I think NVidia's support, for example, is as good > > for Linux as it is for any other platform. Do all bugs get fixed? > > Nope, and they don't in 99% of OSS projects, either. > > I believe in free speech, and this includes the right to remain > silent. Insisting that RME release code when they would rather not > violates *their* freedom. Jack, i think it rather violates the freedom of their *customers* to use the product they've purchased with the OS of their choice. > I value libre software for being minimally > coercive to both authors and users. Basically i think that people here are just *too* polite to stand up and thrash the companies for being careless. Because it's how it is. Marek
