On Tuesday 02 December 2003 16:37, Dennis Jansen wrote: >Dear Developers, > >as the support by sound card producers is very important for a > driver to work completely and perfectly it would be nice for us > users to know, which companies supply the most information and help > out most during writing the drivers. That could be shown on the > homepage for users as a buying orientation. >I think it is important that users are encouraged to buy their > soundcard for linux, too. > >So please you developers - support us, the users, and help yourself > by telling us which companies cooperate best. >This should encourage the ones that don't as well as give the users > an aid in buying a linux-friendly card. >And it's not much work for you guys to just post it on the webpage. > >If you find that to help out a lot, then consider creating a >certificate-logo for linux audio support by ALSA. >For that certificate a license could be bought from companies for >supported cards. That fee then can help the development of more and >better audio drivers. > >I hope my suggestions are new, effective and easy to realize. > >Thanks to all OpenSource developers- >for all your work already, >for reading this mail, >for everything! > >Dennis Jansen >Berlin, Germany
I'll second that motion in a heartbeat, Dennis. Its a very good idea. The same basic idea can also be applied, and I wish it were, to video cards. I've been burnt a couple of times on those rascals. In either case, it would be nice if, in asking the vendor if he is going to support linux, to be able to quote a url where his support performance so far is rated. It might encourage better support once their legal beagles report that 'well, its the truth, whats to sue for?' -- Cheers, Gene AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 320M [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512M 99.27% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
