[LAU] An appeal to famous artists?

[david]

Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 5:52 PM, sim a wrote:
> 
>> yeah but you're talking about a massive established user base that spans
>> windows+osx. also noteworthy is that as a company NI get tons of flack for
>> their poor customer support, the only reason they've managed to do so well
>> is to have a few flagship products that have been really popular.
> 
> "The Big Trunk is a bully, and the post office is an underdog. And an
> underdog can always find a soft place to bite" T. Pratchett
> 
> If you are a programmer, make appealing software.
> If you are a musician, make appealing music.
> 
> There is no other way to change anything.

If you are a UI/UX designer, design appealing UIs.

One advantage about FOSS for that: if the developer(s) of a particular 
product don't agree with you about your marvellous, world-changing UI, 
you can fork the code and do it yourself.

-- 
David
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