12 Nov
2002
12 Nov
'02
2:15 p.m.
"Mark Knecht" <markknecht(a)attbi.com> wrote:
...Are you saying you can't
find developers to hire? Or are you saying you only want to hire them for
the duration of the project design? The former take a real monetary
commitment to put people on staff. That's pretty difficult financially.
Most audio companies (with few exceptions) are very small and don't hire
software engineers as full-time staff. They hire them as contractors, for
consulting or development-to-specification on a specific project.
...I'd pay regular retail prices
for any program that could compete with Logic, Pro Tools or Cubase SX on
the
Linux platform. As a user I feel a bit trapped that I
can't get the
software
I want today AT ANY PRICE on Linux because the open
source model makes it
hard for companies to make the investment.
IMO, companies would make the investment if they perceived that Linux
provided a significant customer base unreached by Windows. I'd guess that's
one of the reasons Apple is promoting OS-X to the Unix/Linux world.
Len Moskowitz
Core Sound