Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 02:27:27 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: shocking@mailbox.uq.edu.au Cc: Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OSS Message-ID: <199703251027.CAA06756@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Mar 1997 19:53:06 %2B1000." <199703250953.TAA01299@mailbox.uq.edu.au>
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Oh, I don't know. I think that there is room for both OSS and a viable interim solution. For starters, the current sound driver 3.5 needs a ton of work and planning. Am I willing to wait for Hannu to release the code , I don't think so. Amancio >From The Desk Of shocking@mailbox.uq.edu.au : > > > > Hmmm... it doesn't look good. The 4Front pres., Dev Mazumdar, tells > > me that they want $150,000.00 for a source license. That just doesn't > > seem worthwhile to me. > > > > I'm told (I think it was Jordan who said it) that they intend to donate the > source in 6 months time. Presumably paying the $20 will pay for the porting > effort. Of course their code base will then continue to diverge, but at least > we'll have most of the cards supported. > > > Stephen >
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