Re: [LAU] A year of Linux Audio revisited - would like to know your oppinion

Paul Davis wrote: I did not meant to devalue any of the LAD programs. I personally think we have an incredible set of tools that can provide you with everything you need. In some cases tt's not as polished as in the commercial world, which IMHO is not a bad thing by definition. Not having a bunch of pre-made presets encourages you to learn what you're doing, which in it's turn can lead to a better ability to implement your musical ideas. But that's another discussion. The point I was trying to make is that apparently only one project seems to be able to create some sort of revenue for it's developer(s). At least as far as I know the stories (please indulge me). If I'm not wrong , again please correct me if so, all programs you mention have been developed either in spare time, or in some sort of research environment. I think they have a large 'value' and could be able to be self-supportive. The question is "why aren't they?". As a though experiment on the side, possible pouring a jar of petrol here... I wonder what would happen if we would port these applications to the Windows platform. It's not something new, e.g. Mixxx, Hydrogen, recently LinuxSampler. Considering the fact that Qt4 GPL is available for windows, and that jackdmp is also ported to windows one could argue that technically it's not that hard. The userbase is potentially much larger, increasing both the potential developers, but more important, increasing the base for a service based business model. After all, FruityLoops started out as a pretty simple $20 shareware app (hydrogen can do more), with a perfectly working crack circulating (I assume :). But still people paid for it, allowing it to grow into what it now is. Another thought is "why is the almost equally closed OSX more accepted than Windows?" Note that I'm not advocating anything, I'm simply exercising my creative thinking here. I'm very interested in the responses... Greets, Pieter