On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 17:55:42 -0600 "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If he'd argued this with *any* common, available, real (really real, as > in tangible!) sound card, his argument would have been a lot stronger. > But the way he tested... was simply doomed to fail. The whole story > really had no other possible ending. Yes he mentions a previous article about Virtual PC's from Microsoft but how sure are you he was testing Linux on a virtual PC: <quote> Despite my very positive first impressions, I couldn't get XYZ to work with my sound card at all, even though I was testing XYZ on a brand new PC from a major vendor. The system was based on an utterly mainstream Intel motherboard with an on-board Intel sound system. This isn't some weird, off-brand system using unknown components: It's about as mainstream as it gets. </quote> Cheers, Sean
