Re: [linux-audio-dev] Tracker

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Thomas Webb wrote: But Linux is already here! Without guessing how big or small impact Linux will have in audio sw, in the long run, it will definitely have a role. I'm pretty confident that I can open my old recording sessions on a modern PC in let's say 2010. I can already open my sessions on both a 486SX bought in 1992, as well a laptop bought this year. I guess I could keep an old Win9x machine around to access the stuff I've written with old Win9x apps, but what if that machine breaks down - can I purchase an old machine capable of running Win95x, a license for it and all the required sw in 2010? Nopes, I don't want to count on that, I want to access my old stuff on a modern machine in 2010, and Linux allows me this. Knowledge of this - that I will be able to access my music even if I upgrade/change my hardware/distro - is one big reason why I want to record my music on Linux and using FOSS apps. No commercial company - no matter how benevolent - can guarantee me this. I don't personally have anything against commercial software (neither open or closed sourced, even though I personally prefer the former), but it is worth to note that FOSS (free-and-open...) has certain advantages that commercial players can never match, and similarly commercial side has certain advantages which are really hard for FOSS projects to compete with. -- http://www.eca.cx Audio software for Linux!