OSS apps vs. ALSA apps

[Toby Smithe]

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:04 PM, raydar <raydar at inetnebr.com> wrote:
>  Do I need to configure the alsa-oss package somehow, or configure Jack
>  to incorporate or recognize it?

Ok, though I know nothing about this particular package set, the
question raises itself that, why should a JACK-connective application
be using OSS (or ALSA) for audio output, when it can ensure, through
JACK, that platform-agnostic output is available?