On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:10:35 -0700, Michael Ost wrote: > I'm with a company trying to make money off of linux audio. While I > enjoy the technical/academic discursion (though lots get the > subject-line only review! %), I'd like to think this list could support > those who mix the market with idealism.... like, well, me.
So do I, I'm hoping its people like you who are going to save my arse if linux audio /does/ become popular. I doubt I can make my living off audio software, and I could support the number of people that commercial audio software developers I know do, with the way I work now. > While it's true that the proprietary world has made lots of bad s/w, we > in the biz have also made lots of great stuff. Yep. Bring it on. Its not for me (my needs are kinda specilised), but I'd rather see a thriving propietary software matket on linux than on windows. I know many people disagree though FWIW. > If y'all care (and I think you should) the best way to encourage the > proprietary folks to adopt and put energy into open source efforts is to > focus on libraries and not apps. Here is where we disagree. You guys dont make apps I'm interested in (in general), and while I make plenty of libraries as a side effect of writing apps, the apps are what I want. - Steve
