[linux-audio-user] RE: Interview with EnergyXT Developer

[Rob]

On Sunday 19 November 2006 04:39, carmen wrote:
> > I think it boils down to vst plugin developers not having
> > much interest in linux audio.
>
> oddly they were into BeOS (steinborg at least) when it had 5
> users, but not Linux when it has what, 3% of the global
> desktop market? does anyone have any recent ubuntu

Step into a proprietary software maker's shoes for a second and 
think back to when BeOS appeared to be relevant.

BeOS, at the time, was hyped to non-technical people as "the next 
Mac", and those 5 people who bought Beboxen demonstrated an 
eagerness to buy high-margin, big-ticket, 
so-called "professional" software.

Linux, successful as it is, is hyped to non-technical people 
as "the cheap alternative", and those millions of desktop users 
have demonstrated an eagerness to post on message boards about 
how overpriced software is and to write their own free 
knockoffs.

I fall into the latter category myself, and in fact,

> if im paying $45, id like the source with it thanks :)

so do you.  But I totally understand why the Steinbergs of the 
world (not to mention the Adobes, etc.) still target Windows 
users.  It's those three little words that mean so 
much:  "They'll buy ANYTHING."

Rob