[Speex-dev] Microsoft RTAudio

[B. Mitchell Loebel]

Hello Monty:

I'm OK with not continuing this on the Speex tech list. In fact, I've 
deliberately responded off list to the various posters. I do think, 
though, that your admonitions to be non political should go to both 
sides ... that Jean-Marc founded Speex doesn't give him license to 
denigrate other efforts. Thomas Leigh asked a perfectly legitimate 
question and Jean-Marc's response reeked with politically based 
sarcasm. The little dirty secret that nobody dares talk about is that 
the open source religion was born out of anti-Microsoft, 
anti-Capitalist attitudes ... let's simply acknowledge the truth.

At 05:55 PM 9/4/2007 -0400, xiphmont at xiph.org wrote:
>On 9/4/07, Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:
> > B. Mitchell Loebel wrote:
> > > Hello LWATCDR:
> > >
> > > OK with me, but 1) I'm a Microsoft stockholder and 2) I'm not going to
> > > stand still for people trashing Capitalist successes!! 'Nuff said.
> >
> > How about if I sell you a copy of speex.  Buy low, sell high seems like
> > a good capitalist plan, and then you could feel good about using Speex!
>
>This is now thoroughly off topic for a technical development list.  I
>don't mean to kill the discussion (whether it's productive or not) but
>I would like to see it move off of speex-dev.
>
>It is appropriate to the xiph advocacy list if you all wish, and will
>reach/involve a more interested audience there.  In addition, please
>avoid the reactionary dogma spewing typical of right/left wing talk
>radio.  The thread is more likely to go somewhere productive if I
>don't feel like I'm reading a Michael Moore / Rush Limbaugh mudfest.
>
>Monty
>Director
>Xiph.Org

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