On 27 Mar 2007, at 16:01, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 04:17:16PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
Maybe one day there will be a Linux version of Live, but it's
not something I particularily look forward to, as I wouldn't
use it anyways unless it gets opensource'd.
There are probably many of us thinking the same way.
But the sad fact is that if all Linux users do this, then
Linux will forever be an 'amateur' platform. From the PoV
of a professional audio user (i.e. one who makes his/her
living by providing services in that area), if a product
does the job and has the right price, there is no good
reason for not using it.
I mostly agree, but in some ways the acceptable quality of the linux
audio offerings makes proprietary software less necessary. OTOH, for
processing photos I mainly use proprietary software (Lightroom,
Bibble [on Linux] and Capture NX), as the free software options are
simply not up to the job. For comparison the only proprietary music
software I use is to control some dedicated synth hardware.
Obviously I'd prefer to use 100% free software, but I'm more
pragmatic than ideological.
- Steve
