Re: [linux-audio-user] A couple of points on the state of linux a udio apps

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] A couple of points on the state of linux a udio apps
From: Frank Barknecht (barknech_AT_ph-cip.uni-koeln.de)
Date: Tue Feb 26 2002 - 19:05:01 EET

Stéphane Rollandin hat gesagt: // Stéphane Rollandin wrote:

> but the bottom line, IMHO, is that ratings should not be over-emphasized
> (is that correct english ?). ratings have important drawbacks: fast
> judgments may be plain wrong (this is why I think comments are very
> important), people giving ratings are not representative of the user base
> (and usually there are only very few of them), it is not clear at all which
> aspect of a given program is actually being rated.

I agree, ratings are bad. And they are not necessary. How do you for
example comparably rate PD or rate Csound, which both are softsynths?
I would prefer somthing like a "Pluses and Minuses list" like this:

Csound
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[main text here]
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Plus:
 * Big userbase
 * polyphony

Minus:
 * Needs text editor
 * non-free License

PD
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[main text here]
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Plus:
 * Free software

Minus:
 * no poly~ object yet

if you know what I mean, 

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