26 Nov
2003
26 Nov
'03
11:54 p.m.
On Wednesday 26 November 2003 09:23 pm, Ken Locarnini wrote:
Unfortunately this world runs on money. People need
it to survive and I
think that there is only so much time in a persons life, so if choosing
between having some money and getting paid for one's time, that "need"
will
drive one into win?
While this is a valid point, isn't this off-topic for a discussion of
free/closed vs. free/open software? In this realm, nobody makes any money at
all ;)
I think the biggest problem with open source
development is that too many
are trying to be the next coding superstar. Everyone wants to build their
own version of said software, but applications like Sonar, have teams of
programmers. Muse is a complex app, but how many are working on it? At
the level it is at, to go any farther, teams are needed. If we want
quality, usable alternatives to windows apps, we need to work together.
I look at open source software and see teamwork. I look at closed
software and see a lack thereof. There may be only one or two people listed
as the official developers of the major Linux audio applications, but user
contributions are very common. I would venture to say that teamwork is the
very thing that has allowed Linux audio software to come so far so quickly.
I've never seen proprietary applications grow so fast. IMHO it is
redundancy, rather than lack of teamwork, which is probably the weakest link
in the Linux audio chain. I think that even this is improving, however.
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