[Openal] Creative's drivers (Was: What if a machine doesn't have sound card? How do I do a fail-safe enumeration?)

[Garin Hiebert]

> Can it really be that hard? I don't understand why this can't be  
> put out to users.
...
> Sounds great, but I'll believe it when I see it. I still maintain  
> that it's not the driver's job to install the router and wrapper  
> though. You shouldn't be distributing any version of openal32.dll  
> or wrap_oal.dll with your driver sets. Unfortunately it's unlikely  
> Microsoft would put the OpenAL runtime updates on Windows Update,  
> which would perhaps be the most accessible end-user place for it,  
> though they do appear to be opening it up in some ways now. As long  
> as games install / update the runtime version as they need it, just  
> as they do with DirectX, and we make sure the router updates never  
> break anything, we shouldn't have a problem.
...
>> This is what Creative is working towards (I understand if that  
>> seems unbelievable from where you sit -- we've been working  
>> towards this for a long time.).
>>
>
> I've been waiting for 4 years now! :-)

You're preaching to the choir...  The whole situation is very  
frustrating, I know.

Garin