Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

2006-02-21 Thread David Kastrup
Peter Bessman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: [...] >>> BTW, this isn't meant to equate OSS with communism. I just want to >>> drive home the point that I did not misinterpret one iota of the >>> Stallman verse --- I'm just tossing it in the trash bin along with >>> my Torah.

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

2006-02-21 Thread Peter Bessman
David Kastrup wrote: Pete Bessman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 11:06 +0100, David Kastrup wrote: Pete complains that maybe he has listened too much to Stallman. I am afraid if he did, he did not understand too much. Stallman is not a person who promises superior

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

2006-02-21 Thread Ralf Beck
I think these gaps will be filled in rapidly as Linux systems with good RT performance get more widely deployed. Once we get to the point where you can boot the latest LiveCD from any distro and get better latency OOTB than OSX or Windows, developers will not be able to resist. We are still no

[linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do *you* stand?

2006-02-21 Thread Paul Winkler
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 02:55:53PM -0500, Pete Bessman wrote: > WHAT is your NAME? Slink P. > WHAT is your QUEST? To have enough time to play music and hang out with my wife, enough money to pay off my credit cards (and buy more gear), and health insurance. Ideological debates are pretty much

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

2006-02-21 Thread David Kastrup
Pete Bessman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 11:06 +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Pete complains that maybe he has listened too much to Stallman. I am >> afraid if he did, he did not understand too much. Stallman is not a >> person who promises superior quality of free soft

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

2006-02-21 Thread Pete Bessman
On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 11:06 +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > Pete complains that maybe he has listened too much to Stallman. I am > afraid if he did, he did not understand too much. Stallman is not a > person who promises superior quality of free software: that would be > the panacea of the "Open S

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

2006-02-21 Thread David Kastrup
Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 23:15 -0500, Pete Bessman wrote: > >> For the kind of stuff I'm interested in (see my above band >> references to get an idea), I think it is eminently clear that >> Linux isn't good enough. Maybe it is just me, but I have been >> str

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

2006-02-21 Thread Pete Bessman
On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 12:05 +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 11:15:48PM -0500, a Zombie wrote: > *too much* I know... > Somewhen around the Milennium, when I had no internet access and > didn't know shit about Linux and co, I bought Cubase VST. > Was a great tool, except

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

2006-02-21 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 11:15:48PM -0500, a Zombie wrote: *too much* I used to make music with just an old workstation (Korg M1), so I was used to live with limitations. Maybe that helps me to get along now. Part of what I wanted to have was a good simple sampler for Drums and some FX. Spec

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

2006-02-20 Thread Lee Revell
On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 23:15 -0500, Pete Bessman wrote: > For the kind of stuff I'm interested in (see my above band references > to > get an idea), I think it is eminently clear that Linux isn't good > enough. Maybe it is just me, but I have been struggling intensely for > some time to get things

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

2006-02-20 Thread Pete Bessman
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:21:19 -0500, "Paul Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 14:55 -0500, Pete Bessman wrote: > > So let's hear it! > > > > WHAT is your NAME? > > > > WHAT is your QUEST? > > i can hack ardour part time while i work. i can hack ardour full > time while i live t

[linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do *you* stand?

2006-02-20 Thread Brett W. McCoy
Pete Bessman wrote: This email is way, way longer than I intended it to be, and for that I apologize. Remember that I'm not looking to stir up any hostilities, I just want to hear where people stand on The Issues and get a sense of the community. I predict that there are people here on a moral

[linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do *you* stand?

2006-02-20 Thread Paul Davis
On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 14:55 -0500, Pete Bessman wrote: > So let's hear it! > > WHAT is your NAME? > > WHAT is your QUEST? i can hack ardour part time while i work. i can hack ardour full time while i live the rest of my life. but i know for sure that i definitely can't get into philosophical deb