Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Would a culture of competition accellerate progress?
From: David Slomin (david.slomin_AT_av.com)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2000 - 22:04:04 EET
Paul Winkler wrote:
> Drat. OK, who *really* wants to run it? :)
I'd be willing to, certainly. I just wouldn't necessarily do it
right (if there is such an absolute). I also would like to be
able to enter the contests, which could be awkward if I was the
administrator. There are ways to work around that problem using
well-thought-out voting systems, but again, I don't have any
experience in coming up with such a system.
> I favor disallowing emulators: the contest should strive to
> encourage native linux solutions.
Yes, that's what I meant. I was trying to be careful in my
wording so as to still allow the JVM (not quite "native", but
not quite an OS either). I guess I didn't do a very good job.
> I don't know where to draw the line but certainly I can't imagine
> running FreeBSD would be a problem.
Agreed, but I'd put it to a vote sooner than deciding arbitrarily.
> Right, we can just break down arguing before we ever get started. :)
Errgh. :-)
> Personally I think a contest like this would also be a good
> opportunity to promote the idea of copyleft applied to artistic
> works.
(snip: DSL, Open Source TM)
Personally, I don't really care very much; I just know that it
matters a lot to other people, and I don't want to alienate
anyone before we've even started. I wouldn't want to piss off
either the socialists or the capitalists among us; for me
composing is strictly a hobby, but many people use it to pay
their rent (or at least attempt to).
Div.
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