Talk:Open Sound System
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[edit] Linux-centric?
This article is totaly Linux-centric. It assumes OSS is a Linux thing, but it supports 11 different Unices (including *BSD). It also says it's deprecated in favour of ALSA. This is true in the case of Linux, but not in other context.
I'm going to change the article to have a neutral, Unix-centered POV.
(I will keep, however, Linux-specific bits in a separate paragraph. I think it's worth mentioning ALSA too.)
nyu 15:35, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Not linux-centric?
Actually, although OSS may not be a Linux thing, it's definitely not the standard on Unix operating systems. Most Unix operating systems *don't* use it, and Sun's Audio interface, as contributed back to CSRG, is very common and better designed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.63.52.242 (talk) 04:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] And Wrong
It's also wrong. 'The project was initially free software, but following the project's success, Savolainen started the company 4Front Technologies and made his support for newer sound devices and improvements proprietary' is incorrect. From Savolainen's blog: 'In autumn 1995 I was contacted by Dev Mazumdar who had made a SB Pro (MCA) driver for AIX. Soon after that we decided to join forces and I become an eployee of Dev’s 4Front Technologies.' Dev Mazumdar started the company. David Chisnall (talk) 19:19, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] More than one implementation of the ALSA interface
QNX Neutrino 6.x also implements the ALSA interface, using only the user space library from the ALSA project. The ALSA kernel models are in this case replaced by a set of QNX-specific servers. QNX does not include the ALSA library directly in its Momentics IDE package because of licensing issues, though. I don't have time to update the article. The documentation available on the QNX homepage is a good source of information about this. gmueckl 12:07, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
