Good bye

[Kelly Miller]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Firewire is the right answer for audio, especially if you plan to move 
> it around.  I'm too cheap for that so the only thing I've added is a 
> USB sound adapter to have a software-selectable alternate output over 
> copper SPDF to feed a receiver.  It doesn't specifically have a Mac 
> driver but works as a standard USB audio device anyway.
Um... Has someone missed something here?  I keep an eye out on various 
plug and wire types, because I like that sort of electronic stuff, and 
last time I checked Apple has continued to change the USB and Firewire 
HARDWARE PORTS with every few versions of their stuff.  In fact, I found 
multiple rants from people who want to know why Apple is trying to give 
themselves a leg up by using Microsoft's embrace & extend on the 
hardware side instead of the software side.  And you complain because 
the drivers don't work for a specific kernel version of Linux?  At least 
the Linux guys aren't attempting to change the physical interface to 
give their audio devices an advantage on the market...

Apple is a horrible example of a user-friendly company, because as of 
late they've been learning the Microsoft technique of wresting extra 
cash from users and giving themselves an advantage on system 
development.  Every time I hear someone say Mac OSX is a "true UNIX" I 
snicker, because generally running "real UNIX" programs in OSX requires 
installing the compatibility layer, because by default OSX does not 
support standard UNIX stuff; instead, they support specially rigged 
programs designed to interface with Cocoa...