On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 02:02:08PM -0400, bill-auger wrote: > derp, the first time i noticed this post i overlooked the egregious > error in the title > > one should be mindful to avoid terminology (especially acronyms) that > have multiple interpretations, especially when those alternate > interpretations can relate to the same subject area - that really > should not happen but it does when people give names to new things > without knowing that term is already widely used for something else > > in this case i am clearly referring to 'OSS' - in the context of > pro-audio, OSS is the "Open Sound System"; and it has been widely known > as such for about 20 years, and still in use today - that is how i read > this post at first - now i realize it was a short-hand for > "open-source"
I too thought it meant Open Sound System at first. John _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
