Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760903AbXE1WZK (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 May 2007 18:25:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750699AbXE1WY7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 May 2007 18:24:59 -0400 Received: from mail.tmr.com ([64.65.253.246]:32872 "EHLO gaimboi.tmr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750737AbXE1WY6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 May 2007 18:24:58 -0400 Message-ID: <465B56B7.806@tmr.com> Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 18:24:55 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061105 SeaMonkey/1.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Oliver Pinter CC: "Robert P. J. Day" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: stuff ready to be deleted? References: <6101e8c40705281344u7159e497rb4d001eba1d739cd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6101e8c40705281344u7159e497rb4d001eba1d739cd@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 810 Lines: 23 Oliver Pinter wrote: > + open sound system Why? OSS supports some hardware ALSA doesn't, it's maintained by an independent commercial company (4Front) so maintenance isn't an issue, and it's portable to many other operating systems. Functionality and low TCO, what could be better? New Linux code, including x86_64 3D drivers, was released in April, so there's no lack of new features and activity. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/