[linux-audio-dev] Re: The Image (usablity) problem from a Musicians point of view

[Steve Harris]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:36:48 +0200, Benno Senoner wrote:
> Indeed the ability to run DX and VST on Linux would be a good selling
> point for pro audio on linux but there is still lot to do in the fields
> of basic audio platform infrastructure and integration of the different
> components. 

I'm not sure this would be a great idea. It looks good to say we support
90% of DX plugins (or whatever), but it might just disuade developers from
porting to native linux binaries. You can bet DX emulation would be slower
and less reliable than native Windows, giving the impression that Linux
was slow and unreliable.

Given that many of the respected plugin developers allready release for
Windows, Macos and TDM, I dont think they would have a problem with adding
Linux to that list. Not that there is an API for them to port to, but that
is another matter...

- Steve