Hi Marije,
No offence meant,
> There is no requirement for building your own OS, so why do you have to
> build your own hardware, in your analogy?
Maybe I should have said 'build your own in principle'. My understanding is
that there are only a few companies in the world who make the chips we
depend on. Now, they have good reason to be open about the chip
specification, but I think I was worrying about 'where it ends' if you
start demanding independence, and how independent you could ever really
be...
I still personally find the call exclusive, rather than open, but readily
concede that it definitely sets up a compositional constraint some might
enjoy.
> freedom and openness are not interesting questions to you?
I snipped your paragraph here; you put the issues well. I just happen
myself to find them less interesting as issues than a discussion about
non-standard temperaments, about algorithms for counterpoint generation
etc.
None of this is meant to be inflammatory, just expressing some concerns.
best to Montreal,
N
Received on Sat Aug 16 2008 - 08:13:19 BST