On Sunday 01 August 2004 02:39 pm, Chris Cannam wrote: > by design, in terms of function and usability it is one of the best pieces > of music software on Linux and in many ways better than many on other > platforms as well. There will always be other things to do, but we simply > can't do them all.
One of the best hell. It's not very politically correct of me to admit I feel this way, but as far as I'm concerned, Rosegarden is the category killer that renders all parallel efforts futile. I'm still that "any MIDI apps for Linux that don't suck?" guy at heart. I'm a developer now, and I understand how it feels to be crapped on. (Like this thread, for example.) I've gotten a lot better about not crapping on other people--about realizing that somebody somewhere loves every piece of ugly-to-me code as much as I love Rosegarden--but I can't help how I feel deep down. I'm still very much a take it or leave it, all or nothing kind of guy, and there's just nothing else out there. I'm a finicky, unappreciative, gimmie gimmie gimmie bastard at heart, and there's only one application worth my nights and weekends, worth my vacations, worth actually *using*. Rosegarden is basically you with a lot of help from a couple of friends, and a little help from a lot of friends. I'm the longest running, most active bit player I've seen since I've been here, and what I've managed to do is really pretty trivial in the final analysis. Useful, I hope, but I'm not exactly giving you a lot of support getting this thing done. You've got bits and pieces from here and there--good bits, good pieces--but the bulk of the work has always fallen on the core developers, and on you especially. You deserve a Cuban cigar and a bottle of ridiculously expensive wine or something, not a whine that this isn't Logic. If someone wants Logic, they should go buy a Mac for $2,000, and a copy of Logic for $1,000 and STFU. Or else send us the patch, or start funding this little endeavor with something that spends a lot more readily than whine. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
