26 Apr
2005
26 Apr
'05
6:14 p.m.
Levi D. Burton wrote:
I understand that commercial software developers have
incentive for writing the apps (they are getting paid). I also
understand that most linux audio software is a hobby for the developers.
When I say "probably never will be..", my point is that commercial
software developers simply have more time and resources.
It is not that clear cut. For example: to which camp do you think does Linus
Torvalds belong (Linux kernel / OSDL) ? What about Takashi Iwai (ALSA / SuSE)?
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano (PlanetCCRMA / CCRMA)?
Believe it or not but there are "commercial" software developers who get paid
for writing Open Source software. And quite a few successful Open Source
projects are mainly developed by such "commercial" software developers. But it
is true, the number of such projects is small when you only count audio
projects.
I write "commercial" developers because I doubt that their only (or main)
motivation is money.
Cheers,
Andreas