[LAU] Re: Re: Whining and whingeing

[Ken Restivo]

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On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 01:19:19AM +0200, Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote:
> 
> 
> Jan Depner:
> >(and is fixing it as we speak).  My advice to those who are not
> >satisfied with Ardour is to 1) give money to the developers, 2) learn to
> >code and get to work on it, 3) learn to code and write your own DAW, or
> >4) go whine elsewhere.
> 
> No, I can not agree with this. We must be allowed to point out 
> what we think is wrong with ardour without doing 1, 2, 3 or 4. If someone 
> thinks something is wrong with any of my programs, I really want them 
> to tell me so, and I don't require any money or code contributions from 
> anyone. And I'm pretty sure Paul Davis, Thorstein Wilms, etc. thinks so 
> too.
> 
> There are more or less polite, and more or less constructive ways to 
> complain, so to suggest that you should never tell the authors of 
> Ardour that you are not satisfied with it, is just plain stupid.
> 

Indeed. 

Also, why are people picking on Ardour? It is among the more complete, polished, and full-featured linux audio programs out there. They've done a fantastic job on it, and its ongoing development seems to be proceeding at a fast pace too.

There are so many linux audio programs to choose from. Sometimes the volume of choices is bewildering, but those choices are very useful when some program irritates you so much that you don't ever want to use it again-- just switch to a different one!

Switching requires no coding skills, no diplomacy, often takes very little time, and costs no money. All you have to do is type "sudo apt-get install [someprogram]" (or yum or whatever is used on RPM distros). This is Free Software; there are no monopolies, no proprietary vendor lock-in, no "sunk costs" or other penalties for switching. 

Everytime I've gotten frustrated with the overall design of some Free Software program or another, I've been able to find an alternative that better suited me, via a quick jaunt through "apt-cache search", a search on freshmeat.net, or asking a question on IRC or on lists like these. 

I use Ardour, and I like it just fine. 

I've used Ardour in just about every bit of music I've made in the last 6 months. Even when I don't use it for recording or playback, its mixer interface and automation is so nice that lately I've basically been using it solely as a mixer.

- -ken
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