10 Jun
2004
10 Jun
'04
4:46 a.m.
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:10:35 -0700, Michael Ost wrote:
I'm with a company trying to make money off of
linux audio. While I
enjoy the technical/academic discursion (though lots get the
subject-line only review! %), I'd like to think this list could support
those who mix the market with idealism.... like, well, me.
So do I, I'm hoping its people like you who are going to save my arse if
linux audio /does/ become popular. I doubt I can make my living off audio
software, and I could support the number of people that commercial
audio software developers I know do, with the way I work now.
While it's true that the proprietary world has
made lots of bad s/w, we
in the biz have also made lots of great stuff.
Yep. Bring it on. Its not for me (my needs are kinda specilised), but I'd
rather see a thriving propietary software matket on linux than on windows.
I know many people disagree though FWIW.
If y'all care (and I think you should) the best
way to encourage the
proprietary folks to adopt and put energy into open source efforts is to
focus on libraries and not apps.
Here is where we disagree. You guys dont make apps I'm interested in (in
general), and while I make plenty of libraries as a side effect of writing
apps, the apps are what I want.
- Steve