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- From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
- Newsgroups: comp.dsp,comp.music
- Subject: Re: Common Sound API?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.213429.18469@smsc.sony.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 21:34:29 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.224353.935@smsc.sony.com> <ni4r8rs@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- Sender: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
- Organization: Sony Microsystems, San Jose, CA
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- In article <ni4r8rs@fido.asd.sgi.com>, cpirazzi@bonk.esd.sgi.com (Chris Pirazzi) writes:
- |> In article <1992Jul20.224353.935@smsc.sony.com> dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) writes:
- |> >Are there any common sound APIs on Unix that are fairly broad (that is,
- |> >handle a large set of sound systems) and also popular enough that
- |> >software uses it?
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- |> I heard some other vendors were interested in licensing our API,
- |> so it's possible that this API will come into more widespread use.
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- Hmm. I think I should have added one thing: The API should also be
- freely available.
-
- While I have no reason to believe that SGI's API is anything less
- than great, I don't think I would be able to convince Sony that
- we should replace our existing API if we have to license it from
- another company.
-
- Now, if SGI were to consider making their API specification freely
- available...
-
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