Re: [LAD] Kim did the switch to Linux

From: Thomas Vecchione <seablaede@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sat Aug 08 2009 - 03:57:24 EEST

Damn Reply-To-All, yet again.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede@email-addr-hiddenwrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard@email-addr-hiddenwrote:
>
>> I guess my thought was that people who want to use audio
>> professionally are less likely to make decisions based on what
>> requires the least effort, which seems to be the main bragging point
>> for OSX as well as the main complaint about Linux.
>>
>
> They are more likely to choose what works for them.
>
> Which for many people OS X works for them out of the box. Linux doesn't
> even come close at this point to doing so out of the box for most people.
>
> So lets say I am an audio professional about to upgrade, ignoring financial
> things for the moment for various reasons. I have a choice. I can either
> go with OS X and get an experience that works out of the box for what I need
> it to. Or I can go with Linux and spend hours learning a new OS and
> tinkering with the commandline, before I can even start to work
> professionally.
>
> For many people there isn't much choice there.
>
> Seablade
>

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