They changed focus from burning many millions a month on an OS that no OEM would distribute, to a company burning only ~$1 million a month, selling licenses to companies for an internet appliance OS.
Last time i checked neither Dell nor Gateway distributed Linux, but i guess it's on its last leg right?
If Be had not changed focus, they would have been dead many months sooner, since they were burning 10x as much cash, and still not selling the OS.
Wow, good thing they switched then, sure worked out for them. That's the point i was making my friend. They had a growing audience of multimedia enthusiasts and hopeful professionals interested in their OS, then they decided to piss on them. It doesn't matter if they had no choice but to switch, it still marked the beginning of the end (or when "they shot themselves in the foot").
Ooh! They had Steinberg lined up! And some sound card drivers ANNOUNCING support plans. YIPPEE!! What were they thinking when they changed focus? I mean, we all know with a powerhouse like Steinberg lined up, and sound card drivers announced, success is sure to follow quickly!
Well, ya actually. I mean, certainly not sure absolute take-it-to-the-bank sure, but a hell of alot better than they were. You don't have a chance of building a multimedia platform in a vacuum of software. You need support from the established companies, you need Steinberg, Digidesign, Sonic Foundry, Emagic, Native Instruments and the like. And yes, you need driver support for real sound cards, cos support for your sblive isn't gonna cut it in the professional audio market.
I realize from your other post that you lost a good deal of money on this company. I do sympathize with your loss, but i suggest you find a better way to handle your anger than berating posters simply because they remind you of your poor investment.
Shot themselves in the foot a long time ago.
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Be Throws in the Towel
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· Score: 4, Insightful
They've been dead ever since they decided to "change focus" from multimedia to networking. They had steinberg lined up, high-end sound card makers were starting to announce driver support plans, then they "change focus." As if the networking niche wasn't completely saturated already. Too bad, they could've given mac a run for their money in the multimedia market . . .
The Itanium has a 128-bit instruction set architecture (3 43-bit instructions plus an overall 5-bit opcode). Why isn't it considered a 128-bit chip? I know it has 64 bit addressability, but the length of the instruction word is what matters isn't it?
I have XP running on a p3 1000/133 w/512mb, and it runs very fast and very smooth. Combined with the intel rabid boot bios; i go from hitting the power button to the login screen in about 10 - 12 seconds or less, pretty tasty imo.
Goddamn people, i know we're all nerds here, but that is amazingly lame. Find a willing girl (it will be tough if you're wearing that watch), have sex with her; i guarantee you won't want that watch anymore.
Wow, cos if it's on fox news then it MUST be true!
I wouldn't touch that network with mickey's dick.
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Disney World Goes 802.11b
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
Are you kidding me? It's one thing playing with those networks in normal society, in normal society there's due process. But haven't you people heard about disney jail? They can hold you there indefinitely for any reason they deem fit, that scares the hell out of me.
I agree that these are important items. However the $300-500 is pretty much still hobbyiest/semi-pro area in my imo. But more important then the price tag are things like SNR and just plain overall quality. Sometimes you see cards that have the numbers but really don't cut it, anyone remember gadget labs?
You seem to have misread. Never did i say i used mac, i just said it's the standard; and if you'd ever worked in the industry you'd know that to be unquestionably true. Personally i prefer windows for audio.
Mixmagic and Rt are fine programs, but if you really knew protools you'd know they aren't in the same league. Neither of these programs support TDM plugins nor do they support DSP outsourcing. When it comes to fine wave glitch repair (i.e. going in and redrawing a damaged wave) neither of these programs even compares to sound forge!
As to RME i have heard of them, but quite frankly they haven't seem to catch on to nearly the extent of the others i mentioned. I mean compare the number of protools systems out there to the number of RME systems, it's not even close.
In the future i would suggest reading a little closer, watching your tongue, and knowing the facts before throwing around words like "ignorant."
Yes, protools (and sonic solutions) rely on proprietary hardware. I have no doubt whatsoever that they will both support OSX in the not too distant future, mac is THE platform for both of these systems. Let's just hope they open source the driver interface.
The problem here isn't software (although the programs aren't exactly excellent either). The problem is hardware. Speaking as an audio engineer, i will make the bold statement that NO pro-level sound card is currently supported in linux. Some people may disagree, but let me see if i can cut some of them off at the pass; a sound blaster of ANY kind is not a real sound card. Nor is a gravis, a turtle beach, or any other of the gaming cards people usually mention. The turtle beach comes close in a few areas, but doesn't get out of the hobbiest arena, due mostly to it's SNR, i/o connectors, and low rate ADCs.
Don't misunderstand me, i'm not saying these cards are horrible or that they suck, but if you think you're gonna replace 2" tape with your audigy, think again.
The real pro-level sound systems like sonic solutions, protools, motu, and to a more semi-pro extent midiman and echo audio have absolutely no linux support. For now, studio level audio with linux is a total dead end. The most you can hope for now is to use it for audio processing or creation does not even involve a sound card, and that's a pretty limited use.
BeOS could have made it, in fact they were starting to, but then they made the brilliant decision to "change focus" from multimedia to networking, good call guys.
All is not lost however, because OSX will bring light. Mac is THE platform for pro audio, protools is native to it, as is sonic solutions. This means that before too long all the biggies will be offering drivers for OSX (midiman already does), and if they are smart enough to offer the source with them, then they'll be ported in short order to linux i'm sure.
Linux audio now? bah! Linux audio in three years? definately!
I have built approximately 30 machines with IBM 75GXPs and lately 60GXP's, probly about 40 drives in total, haven't had a single problem. I consider IBM to have the most reliable drives on the market, head and shoulders above maxtor and the like.
Just thought i'd mention that Echo Audio's site www.echoaudio.com is currently infected. I'm using the IE 5.5 (Sp2) and it asked me if i wanted to save or execute readme (1).exe, but at least it didn't just run. I called and let them know of the problem at 11:00am PST, so i don't know how long it will remain infected.
This is simply not true. These songs were not banned, CC *requested* that it's stations not play them, but every station could make it's own choice. I've heard at least two of these songs on CC stations yesterday and today.
This whole idea is just retarded. You know what guys, i love linux! i do, it's great. It's stable, it's free, it's flexible, it's just plain cool. Now, with that said, why don't you try to dump an ADAT down to your pro-level sound card and then master a CD in linux . . . having some problems? ya, me too.
Let's face it, no professional or even semi-professional level soundcard is supported in linux, and even if they were there is no pro-level audio software around for linux. Now, i know what you're gonna say, but what about BEOS?
What about BEOS, i don't know if you've noticed but its taken a nose dive. They had a shot there for a brief period, but then right as they were starting to take off they decided to "change focus" to networking from AV, a wise move considering no one has that area covered yet. At this point BEOS support is almost as rare as linux, rendering it more or less useless.
Let's face it, at this point only mac and windows have any real abilities in this area, and mac is too damned expensive. XP is the next phase of windows, and it marks the end of the 9x/NT schism which is fantastic, cos i'm tired of the driver divide.
Lastly, the raw sockets, umm, who cares? Raw sockets have been around for a long time, this is nothing new. Security for raw sockets? Again, who cares, XP isn't meant for shell users. Besides, maybe once the net is flooded with malformed and spoofed packets ISPs will start doing what they should have done long ago and start blocking packets that couldn't possibly be real right at the source.
My eyes, the goggles do nothing!!
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Case Tweaking
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· Score: 1
Am i the only person who thinks that case looks like a pile of crap? And as to some of the earlier questions about why PC cases aren't easy to access like G4s are, the answer is some are, some aren't. I build about 10 computers a month (not alot compared to some of you i'm sure, but a good amount nonetheless), and therefore i see a lot of cases. Many i've seen lately have only a thumb screw required to get inside, with panels that all slide off easily.
Also, if you want the power of a desktop and the portability of a notebook, you get a rackmount case. You can have as much power as any desktop, with convenient handles and a protective shell. Plus it just looks cool.
If you want to see a WAY cooler case hack (with about 1/10th the work), check out this guys.
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The name monorail means 'mono', meaning 'one', and 'rail', meaning 'rail'. This concludes your 6 week course.
They changed focus from burning many millions a month on an OS that no OEM would distribute, to a company burning only ~$1 million a month, selling licenses to companies for an internet appliance OS.
Last time i checked neither Dell nor Gateway distributed Linux, but i guess it's on its last leg right?
If Be had not changed focus, they would have been dead many months sooner, since they were burning 10x as much cash, and still not selling the OS.
Wow, good thing they switched then, sure worked out for them. That's the point i was making my friend. They had a growing audience of multimedia enthusiasts and hopeful professionals interested in their OS, then they decided to piss on them. It doesn't matter if they had no choice but to switch, it still marked the beginning of the end (or when "they shot themselves in the foot").
Ooh! They had Steinberg lined up! And some sound card drivers ANNOUNCING support plans. YIPPEE!! What were they thinking when they changed focus? I mean, we all know with a powerhouse like Steinberg lined up, and sound card drivers announced, success is sure to follow quickly!
Well, ya actually. I mean, certainly not sure absolute take-it-to-the-bank sure, but a hell of alot better than they were. You don't have a chance of building a multimedia platform in a vacuum of software. You need support from the established companies, you need Steinberg, Digidesign, Sonic Foundry, Emagic, Native Instruments and the like. And yes, you need driver support for real sound cards, cos support for your sblive isn't gonna cut it in the professional audio market.
I realize from your other post that you lost a good deal of money on this company. I do sympathize with your loss, but i suggest you find a better way to handle your anger than berating posters simply because they remind you of your poor investment.
They've been dead ever since they decided to "change focus" from multimedia to networking. They had steinberg lined up, high-end sound card makers were starting to announce driver support plans, then they "change focus." As if the networking niche wasn't completely saturated already. Too bad, they could've given mac a run for their money in the multimedia market . . .
soley use Solaris. *sigh* i'm very tired.
At UCSD we pretty much solely use, have for years.
If your country was full of convicts you'd listen in too.
The Itanium has a 128-bit instruction set architecture (3 43-bit instructions plus an overall 5-bit opcode). Why isn't it considered a 128-bit chip? I know it has 64 bit addressability, but the length of the instruction word is what matters isn't it?
Us - China relations were FINALLY starting to improve, even with the national missile defense program: now it's all straight down the crapper.
I have XP running on a p3 1000/133 w/512mb, and it runs very fast and very smooth. Combined with the intel rabid boot bios; i go from hitting the power button to the login screen in about 10 - 12 seconds or less, pretty tasty imo.
I mean, that looks really damn cool, but it's in a goddamn jetta!
Goddamn people, i know we're all nerds here, but that is amazingly lame. Find a willing girl (it will be tough if you're wearing that watch), have sex with her; i guarantee you won't want that watch anymore.
Wow, cos if it's on fox news then it MUST be true!
Are you kidding me? It's one thing playing with those networks in normal society, in normal society there's due process. But haven't you people heard about disney jail? They can hold you there indefinitely for any reason they deem fit, that scares the hell out of me.
. . . competition that will work for crack.
The less Via builds the better, my experiences with their handiwork have been far less than satisfactory.
I agree that these are important items. However the $300-500 is pretty much still hobbyiest/semi-pro area in my imo. But more important then the price tag are things like SNR and just plain overall quality. Sometimes you see cards that have the numbers but really don't cut it, anyone remember gadget labs?
You seem to have misread. Never did i say i used mac, i just said it's the standard; and if you'd ever worked in the industry you'd know that to be unquestionably true. Personally i prefer windows for audio.
Mixmagic and Rt are fine programs, but if you really knew protools you'd know they aren't in the same league. Neither of these programs support TDM plugins nor do they support DSP outsourcing. When it comes to fine wave glitch repair (i.e. going in and redrawing a damaged wave) neither of these programs even compares to sound forge!
As to RME i have heard of them, but quite frankly they haven't seem to catch on to nearly the extent of the others i mentioned. I mean compare the number of protools systems out there to the number of RME systems, it's not even close.
In the future i would suggest reading a little closer, watching your tongue, and knowing the facts before throwing around words like "ignorant."
Yes, protools (and sonic solutions) rely on proprietary hardware. I have no doubt whatsoever that they will both support OSX in the not too distant future, mac is THE platform for both of these systems. Let's just hope they open source the driver interface.
The problem here isn't software (although the programs aren't exactly excellent either). The problem is hardware. Speaking as an audio engineer, i will make the bold statement that NO pro-level sound card is currently supported in linux. Some people may disagree, but let me see if i can cut some of them off at the pass; a sound blaster of ANY kind is not a real sound card. Nor is a gravis, a turtle beach, or any other of the gaming cards people usually mention. The turtle beach comes close in a few areas, but doesn't get out of the hobbiest arena, due mostly to it's SNR, i/o connectors, and low rate ADCs.
Don't misunderstand me, i'm not saying these cards are horrible or that they suck, but if you think you're gonna replace 2" tape with your audigy, think again.
The real pro-level sound systems like sonic solutions, protools, motu, and to a more semi-pro extent midiman and echo audio have absolutely no linux support. For now, studio level audio with linux is a total dead end. The most you can hope for now is to use it for audio processing or creation does not even involve a sound card, and that's a pretty limited use.
BeOS could have made it, in fact they were starting to, but then they made the brilliant decision to "change focus" from multimedia to networking, good call guys.
All is not lost however, because OSX will bring light. Mac is THE platform for pro audio, protools is native to it, as is sonic solutions. This means that before too long all the biggies will be offering drivers for OSX (midiman already does), and if they are smart enough to offer the source with them, then they'll be ported in short order to linux i'm sure.
Linux audio now? bah! Linux audio in three years? definately!
I have built approximately 30 machines with IBM 75GXPs and lately 60GXP's, probly about 40 drives in total, haven't had a single problem. I consider IBM to have the most reliable drives on the market, head and shoulders above maxtor and the like.
Just thought i'd mention that Echo Audio's site www.echoaudio.com is currently infected. I'm using the IE 5.5 (Sp2) and it asked me if i wanted to save or execute readme (1).exe, but at least it didn't just run. I called and let them know of the problem at 11:00am PST, so i don't know how long it will remain infected.
This is simply not true. These songs were not banned, CC *requested* that it's stations not play them, but every station could make it's own choice. I've heard at least two of these songs on CC stations yesterday and today.
What did the deaf, dumb, and blind girl get for christmas?
Leukemia
This whole idea is just retarded. You know what guys, i love linux! i do, it's great. It's stable, it's free, it's flexible, it's just plain cool. Now, with that said, why don't you try to dump an ADAT down to your pro-level sound card and then master a CD in linux . . . having some problems? ya, me too.
Let's face it, no professional or even semi-professional level soundcard is supported in linux, and even if they were there is no pro-level audio software around for linux. Now, i know what you're gonna say, but what about BEOS?
What about BEOS, i don't know if you've noticed but its taken a nose dive. They had a shot there for a brief period, but then right as they were starting to take off they decided to "change focus" to networking from AV, a wise move considering no one has that area covered yet. At this point BEOS support is almost as rare as linux, rendering it more or less useless.
Let's face it, at this point only mac and windows have any real abilities in this area, and mac is too damned expensive. XP is the next phase of windows, and it marks the end of the 9x/NT schism which is fantastic, cos i'm tired of the driver divide.
Lastly, the raw sockets, umm, who cares? Raw sockets have been around for a long time, this is nothing new. Security for raw sockets? Again, who cares, XP isn't meant for shell users. Besides, maybe once the net is flooded with malformed and spoofed packets ISPs will start doing what they should have done long ago and start blocking packets that couldn't possibly be real right at the source.
Am i the only person who thinks that case looks like a pile of crap? And as to some of the earlier questions about why PC cases aren't easy to access like G4s are, the answer is some are, some aren't. I build about 10 computers a month (not alot compared to some of you i'm sure, but a good amount nonetheless), and therefore i see a lot of cases. Many i've seen lately have only a thumb screw required to get inside, with panels that all slide off easily.
Also, if you want the power of a desktop and the portability of a notebook, you get a rackmount case. You can have as much power as any desktop, with convenient handles and a protective shell. Plus it just looks cool.
If you want to see a WAY cooler case hack (with about 1/10th the work), check out this guys.