On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 04:50 -0500, Jan Depner wrote: > On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 01:32 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 01:08 -0400, Jordan Nash wrote: > > > According to the May 2006 edition of Pro Audio Review (Page 12, Column > > > 1, Paragraph 3), the Midas XL8 Digital Console uses Linux: "Like many > > > other devices these days, the XL8 is built on a Linux platform, which > > > has proven to be both stable and secure, compared to other common > > > operating systems." > > > > > > > Any idea what audio interface it uses and where the source code can be > > downloaded? > > > > > I just thought that it was a bit interesting. Anyone want to take bets > > > on how long it will be before DigiDesign switches over? ;-) > > > > > > > That would be great, it would require them to open source their drivers. > > > > Why do you assume this? There are plenty of closed-source > applications and drivers running on top of Linux. > Closed source applications are perfectly OK. A closed source ALSA driver violates the GPL. Lee
