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

[david]

Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
>> I think it boils down to vst plugin developers not having much interest
>> in linux audio. Thats where the work needs to be done I think.
> 
> Well, for them to have interest, there has to be a viable market, and
> currently there isn't--we are too small and too involved in the free as in
> free speech concepts (please do not get me wrong, I am totally for this kind
> of an approach, I am simply trying to depict the reasoning behind this
> apparent lack of interest). Hence, the only way they will ever consider our
> market is if we find someone who is:
> 
> 1) sympathetic
> 2) willing to invest *little* time to recompile their work for Linux

And Linux people who will pay for it. If the Linux product is free, 
their customers may start to say. "Hmmm, why am I paying for the Windows 
version when I can use the Lunix version for free???"

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David
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