Re: [Jack-Devel] JACK in Chrome !!

On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:44 PM, Patrick Shirkey wrote:

> But in this case Google have already made it impossible for pro audio on
> Android causing myself and many others to abandon Android as a development
> platform for pro audio projects. Now they are intending to do the same
> thing with ChromeOS which means that there will be more reasons not to use
> Google solutions for pro audio. Considering that Android is the most
> popular Linux system on the planet and that Chromebooks are the biggest
> selling notebook on Amazon that means we are loosing market opportunities
> for professional audio software running on Linux systems.


Pro audio is clearly not a concern on ChromeOS by design.   It's a single-purpose, single-application, essentially disposable computing platform.   Initial versions didn't even have windows, just the browser running full screen and tabs to go along with it.   The only reason I would hook my pro gear up to it is if I wanted to use one of my nicer mics for Google Voice, and even then I'd still probably use my studio workstation.

In this case I think it's more a missed opportunity than anything else.  And as you make clear Android is an entirely different bag of potatoes.   If we wanted a large company throwing down for Linux sound, Valve would probably be a better standard bearer than Google nowadays.

-Sam

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