>>> Since people who attended the meeting presumably knew who this was, would you mind telling those of us who didn't ? <<< Yamaha and Apple. But to be fair, there were many other MMA member companies who simply didn't attend the meeting. So that's another measure of how interested some of these people are. >>> Please, not sf.net. Their entire system has become terribly overloaded. It costs hardly anything to host a significant collaborative development system - I could do it right now via my hosting service for zero extra cost. <<< How about development system that was hosted by the MMA? >>> You let people in based on their participation in the requirements process, clearly demonstrated existing skills and, as time goes by, the quality of their contributions as judged by the rest of the community. <<< I'm all for that kind of approach. Would it be too restrictive to also require MMA membership? >>> It occurs to me that it is *possible* that some of you who work for commercial concerns might not have much experience of running open, net-based, collaborative software development efforts. <<< I resemble that remark. :-) >>> I told the Linux Audio Developers mailing list year that I would be happy to join the MMA "on behalf" of LAD so that we had explicit representation in the process. I stand by that intent, and I also believe that, although the MMA is not the absolute ideal body for this (a true standards body like the ISO or even the less commercial AES would be better), its still a very, very good option. <<< That's good to hear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: http://www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe