[linux-audio-dev] [OT] marketing hype

[Marek Peteraj]

On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 00:24, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 15:26, Marek Peteraj wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 13:17, Dave Griffiths wrote:
> > > Personally speaking, as a free software developer I don't care if my
> > > programs are deemed as sucessful, they work for me, and handful of other
> > > people - this makes me happy :)
> > 
> > I'd like to see what other developers of the most popular linux audio
> > projects think. 
> 
> Most probably you will find out (when/if other developers care to speak
> out) that this view is shared by many, if not all, developers, and not
> just in the audio world. Great projects in the open source community
> usually happen when a motivated individual or group _needs_ something.
> It is not the needs of the world (usually), or "user demand", or the
> desire to fill or create a marketing niche, it is their need.

That is very untrue, and evolution and the motivations behind that app
prove that.

Marek