Thorsten Wilms wrote:
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:20:01PM +0100, Dave Griffiths wrote:
I know it's not really what you mean, but it seems to me that duplicating
the current methodologies and replacing every "professional" costly
application with an exact free software counterpart that happens to run
under linux is a bit pointless? What is the the motivation? Just to force
businesses out of business?
Yeah, well I would prefer the approach of making software that fulfils
specific needs or wants as good as possible. That can often mean going
in similar directions as propietary apps, but never just blind cloning :)
Exactly. Programmer-musicians must focus on very particular niches,
writing software that would not be a one-stop-do-all kind of thing, but to
address a particular need of a particular audience.
One example is to come up with a software that is tailored for
professional keyboardists who could throw in a live concert using keyboards
and computers, and not just for the general type of musical arranger that
just "uses" the keyboard to compose songs.
Best Regards,
Carlo
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Philippines
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