On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 18:08, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > > > > > > Most probably you will find out (when/if other developers care to speak > > > out) that this view is shared by many, if not all, developers, and not > > > just in the audio world. Great projects in the open source community > > > usually happen when a motivated individual or group _needs_ something. > > > It is not the needs of the world (usually), or "user demand", or the > > > desire to fill or create a marketing niche, it is their need. > > > > That is very untrue, and evolution and the motivations behind that app > > prove that. > > I'm missing something. Which app? What is untrue? What I just wrote? Let > the developers speak, please. So far they are saying what I stated, more > or less. Now, if what the developers themselves say does not matter, or > if you know their (our) minds better than ourselves then this is all > rather pointless.
As far as I'm concerned, Fernando has hit the nail on the head. I think Marek is talking about Ardour, but I doubt if Paul's total motivation is monetary return. Jan