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WK154:
--- Quote from: Wynnd on February 20, 2014, 04:19:40 AM ---The aspect of no further software updates isn't something I'm looking forward to. I've been thinking that whenever a company abandons software, that the software should become public domain. I can see a difference in software support happening if that were to become law. (Supported software is never abandoned.) Will be interesting to see what happens over the years and how soon will Mackie stop working on the DL's software. MicroSoft generally supports their OS for about 8 years. (Even with new products taking over.)
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Unfortunately making software public most times is a costly affair because copyrights to all the pieces need to be obtained. Not very enticing for a companies discontinued software. Very few if any companies wrote all their own software including all the libraries. If it was originally based on free software then it might be possible. Sun Microsystems found that out the hard way when they made Solaris public but never succeeded completely.
Wynnd:
basically, I want to force software companies to not casually abandon software. And if they abandon it, someone else who wants should be able to pick up and modify or improve the product. Even if it were easy, I doubt that many software companies would be willing to allow it to occur.
Jerrylee:
What wrong with a company saying that they have completed the software on a product and will no longer be supporting further updates? I have a couple tc helicon pedals. Both are no longer supported. These are current models too. The company did say because they feel that the product is performing exactly how it should be no further updates are necessary. They also did say if a bug comes up they will address the issue. That's was a few years ago and no bugs. So they are not touching it. Some times a product is just done. If Mackie stopped at 2.1 it still would be a great mixer. Hell, they could have stopped at 2.0. At some point they will stop. Its not because they are giving up. Sometimes they feel as if it is a great product and they are done, or it's just been pushed to it limits and no more can be done. And when they are done I hope they just come out and say so. The only way to continue on will be to focus on new products with the DL brand. This happens all the time with many, many companies. Please find me a hardware/software company that at some point doesn't ditch a piece of hardware. How many people do you see with an original iphone running ios 7? (Hint: none)
sam.spoons:
I'm still waiting for a modern version of this http://www.fostexinternational.com/docs/products/LR16.shtml If Fostex could do this in 2009 why isn't anybody doing a DL/X32/QU with an I/O rack and separate physical control surface connected by cat5 or, preferably, wifi, built in hard drive ;D
Like Jerrylee, I have no problem with companies discontinuing updates for their software, it has to stop sometime. It doesn't stop the gear being useful (at least until the hardware becomes incompatible with the associated computing equipment, anybody want a M-Audio Audiophile 24/96, old PCI standard....)
nottooloud:
--- Quote from: Jerrylee on February 20, 2014, 06:57:54 AM ---They also did say if a bug comes up they will address the issue.
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Then they haven't stopped supporting it, have they?
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