Langa bashing (was Re: Problems getting Linux into homes)

[Sean Estabrooks]

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 17:55:42 -0600
"Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz at simpaticus.com> wrote:

> If he'd argued this with *any* common, available, real (really real, as
> in tangible!) sound card, his argument would have been a lot stronger.
> But the way he tested... was simply doomed to fail. The whole story
> really had no other possible ending.

Yes he mentions a previous article about Virtual PC's from Microsoft
but how sure are you he was testing Linux on a virtual PC:

<quote> 
Despite my very positive first impressions, I couldn't get XYZ to work
with my sound card at all, even though I was testing XYZ on a brand new PC
from a major vendor. The system was based on an utterly mainstream Intel
motherboard with an on-board Intel sound system. This isn't some weird,
off-brand system using unknown components: It's about as mainstream as it
gets.
</quote>

Cheers,
Sean