Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] [ANN] First public release of Lindrum v 0.5.1
From: Tim Hockin (thockin_AT_hockin.org)
Date: Mon Mar 01 2004 - 20:24:26 EET
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 12:55:14PM -0500, Dave Robillard wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 07:07, guenter geiger wrote:
> > Lack of collaboration is one of the weaknesses of the free software
> > development (peculiarly enough it is considered one of its strenghts),
> > especially with audio software.
>
> A weakness compared to what? Proprietary software is /definitely/ not
> immune to this problem (in fact, I'd say it's far worse - there's no
> collaboration whatsoever). Is is really a weakness of free software if
> non-free software has the same problem?
>
> I don't hear people complaining about Steinberg and Emagic 'duplicating
> effort'.
How many OSS projects are aiming at similar goals? Each one has one or two
people on them. If you put 5 or 6 people on one project, it would have a
much better chance at competing with the big boys*.
(*) Assuming smart people who could find a common vision. ;)
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