Re[2]: mLan and MacOS X
Re[2]: mLan and MacOS X
- Subject: Re[2]: mLan and MacOS X
- From: Mikhail Matusov <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 18:28:07 -0500
MA> Just remember: if we don't get FireWire going for pro audio, USB will
MA> take over the world.* And _we don't want that_. (Well, at least I
MA> don't.)
Hey, Michael, just from looking at your email address, how about the TI
role in all of this ?^)))
I applaud your thoughts on secrecy, etc. I am sick of that too. But
unfortunately, the problem is not only with the mLAN, but rather with
all the 1394 related stuff. There is too much politics and conspiracy
attached to this technology. I have already expressed my thoughts on
this on another mailing list. I think the problem is in the turn-key
solution business model adopted by the main players in this game. There
is no good silicon fitting pro audio requirements (AM protocol) that
would be freely *open* for use by independent developers. Look at what
the cover page of the TI ice-Lynx datasheet says?... You know there is a
better silicon from another company but with the similar strings
attached. I am all covered with NDA's, so sorry I can't talk absolutely
openly, unfortunately....
However, it seems that nobody is really interested to make this
technology mainstream for anything except camcorders. Pro audio is too
small for most of the silicon companies to bother, so they don't care. I
guess the only way around this would be if either Cirrus Logic or AKM
decided to get in the game. Their attitude towards pro audio is
probably better.
Sorry for this hardware talk on the software list, but all this is
somewhat related to the issue.
Regards,
/Mikhail
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