----- Original Message ----- From: "Angus F. Hewlett" <angus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 2:04 PM Subject: [gmpi] Re: Low level details > Security is purely a commercial aspect. As to reliability, I can only see that more openness should lead to better reliability, not worse. funny, i think exactely the opposite. > I might add that, for a number of reasons (mostly market driven), audio systems tend to lag behind other desktop software by a few years in many respects - and if you look at games and most desktop apps, openness is increasing not decreasing right now. Very bad example. Video Games are Mass Market Software. everybody can buy it for a cheap price and be sure to get hours of entertainments... Audio Pro Software are tools ! only expert can buy it for an expensive price, to work on it and not be sure that it will work as well as expected :-). VB ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe