>On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 18:20, Paul Davis wrote: >> discussion about it moved to the GMPI list. GMPI is an industry-wide >> attempt to define a platform+vendor neutral music plugin API. >Does this mean that the decision process is driven by commercial >interests.
its driven by a desire to *avoid* vendor/proprietary lockin. plugin writers (and users) are tired of dealing with 5/6/7/8 different plugin APIs. GMPI will eventually be controlled by the MIDI Manufacturers Assoc, and is intended to be an open specification in the same way that MIDI is.
