Hey guys,<br><br> to drop my 2 cents into the jar of discussion, I personally see more proprietary apps arriving, but see it in a more positive light.<br>First of all, as a libertarian anarchist, I do believe that people might choose to write proprietary software and to choose proprietary<br>
software. Proprietary software is such a problem only and only because modern computing world basically forces it on people.<br><br>If we have some proprietary apps arriving to the fundamentally free platform which is GNU/Linux, this will be a choice situation.<br>
Yes, proprietary apps may have more features, but not necessarily. Yes, if Adobe starts doing Photoshop for Linux, it is possible<br>GIMP will not be as prominent on Linux.<br><br>But those will now be choices. And it is obvious from what I see Rui doing with Qtractor that it stands on its own. Bitwig does not<br>
necessarily exclude Qtractor or Ardour, not to mention that more people on Linux Audio might interest them in JACK and all the<br>stuff. Routing low-latency audio will always have a strong appeal.<br><br>And we'll also see how "piracy" works on Linux. Remember, there is no registry here. And with the amount of hacking talent you might<br>
very quickly see that proprietary software developers either will have to abandon GNU/Linux or else offer something that is really<br>appealing and not just copy if files for lots of money.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Louigi Verona<br>
<a href="http://www.louigiverona.ru/">http://www.louigiverona.ru/</a><br>