[linux-audio-user] Re: pro-audio knowledge

[tim hall]

Last Wednesday 01 December 2004 22:19, Jan Depner was like:
> > I agree this 'pro' term is nonsense. 'Professional' means you do it for a
> > living, people wrongly attach some judgement of quality to that. Being an
> > amateur means doing it for the love of it, which is a noble thing.
> > I think that's all of us isn't it?
>
>         Not for a living, just for money, although I do tend to agree that
> your definition makes more sense.  College athletes in the US are
> considered professional and barred from NCAA competition if they are paid
> for competing.  The judgment of quality is that the product is supposed to
> be good enough for professional use - which may or may not be the case.

Point taken.

cheers

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk