> so i think that in answering these questions, we need to be very, very > clear where a particular "requirement" originates. genuine > technological concerns need to be addressed; marketing hype should > not, i hope, play much of a role in our discussions. We cannot pretend to live in a technical meritocracy detached from marketing or business issues. If we choose to disregard what a poorly designed, cleverly marketed, alternative to GMPI can do, we will have made a grave error. Part of the MMA as a standard body is marketing, by the way. So it cuts both ways. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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