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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 08:59:26 +1000
From: Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au>
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> 
> 2. You don't have to pay for their "Lite" version, which still promises to
>    be more capable than anything we have now.
> 
Good! Agora (a mail web pages back to you style doodad) tends to obscure some 
info..

> The basic idea is that we create a *standard* for sound drivers which
> folks like RealAudio or Xing Technologies can then target in their
> application software (and, if done right, work across platforms if
> general binary compatibility is also provided).  OSS wants this badly
> enough that they're willing to release a version of OSS/Lite under
> the BSD copyright, and we can use it free and clear.  If you want to
> support every last feature of the latest and greatest sound cards,
> you then look into buying the full OSS LKM, otherwise you just use
> the free stuff.

So when's it coming out????

> 
> Is any that less disturbing?  I think standards are pretty important
> here, and they've already won the Linux and SCO markets.

This is true - my SCO contact (whom I've been working on the Broadway sound 
code with) has been using it a lot.


	Stephen

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