"Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
