<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Egor Sanin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:egor.sanin@gmail.com" target="_blank">egor.sanin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 8/16/13, J. Liles <<a href="mailto:malnourite@gmail.com">malnourite@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">> An interesting point. As a though experiment: pretend you are a musician;<br>
> if someone came to you asking you to rewrite your song to better suit their<br>
> listening needs, how would you respond?<br>
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</div>That is a very apt and illustrative comparison. And my answer is that<br>
you have exactly the same options as a developer of software! The<br>
problem is that this kind of situation is rarely black or white. It<br>
is always subjective.<br>
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If some brash and shallow peruser of linux expressed the same opinions<br>
as OP, I would likely also bash that person, but from my involvement<br>
with linux audio, I know for a fact that OP is a valuable member of<br>
this community, and believe that he deserves more thoughtful reactions<br>
to his opinion than "don't complain" and "do something about it."<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've never questioned OPs experience or power-user status or anything of that nature. I think we all need to remember that we use GNU/Linux and free-software not only because of the low price or because it works perfectly all the time. We use it for practical and ethical reasons as well. I wouldn't give up on a musician because they missed a note, and I wouldn't give up on Linux Audio because it has a few bugs. The truth is, Linux Audio didn't exist, I wouldn't be using computers to make music. Period. I'm sure there are a lot of people in the same boat. Some for financial reasons, some for practical reasons, some for ethical reasons. We all need it to work. But only a very few of us are willing to put in the time to make it work.<br>
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