Subject: Re: AW: [linux-audio-user] ogg player for Windows?
From: Patrick Shirkey (pshirkey_AT_boosthardware.com)
Date: Sat Oct 11 2003 - 12:51:09 EEST
Mark Knecht wrote:
>>You were also suggesting that if we don't provide music in mp3 format we
>>are missing out on a huge market.
>
>
> I don't think I was suggesting that at all, but I'm not clear as to who the
> 'we' is in your sentence above.
>
We as in musicians who intend to make money out of their work.
> I defend your right to choose any format you'd like. I have no problem with
> that. Do you have a problem with me choosing mp3s and reaching more people
> more easily? Maybe that's the contention here...
>
No I was taking a tangent on your line of conversation that Frank was
pointing to. You replied...
>
>>If we end up
>>with millions of people all playing the same cheesey noises with Linux
>>apps then we've lost IMO.
>
>
> I think we are in totally different head spaces. If the next great cheesy
> pop star comes from the Linux world to replace <you enter current cheesy pop
> starts name here>, and the new cheesy pop star only has music in .ogg
> format, will people EVER hear this new cheesy pop star so that *he/she* can
> become big and dominate our media? I think not, but you are free to
> disagree.
>
Who cares? :)
> In my mind technology is about making like *easier* and *better* for people,
> not more difficult.
That's a professional focus which may not apply to development of open
source. Technology is also to make things possible which were not before.
> If, in someone else's mind, life is about making
> political statements, then I defend their right to do that. However, few
> make a difference in my life, but that's just me. I think you're in a
> different place which is cool.
>
Yep. Seoul is different to San Fran. No denying that.
-- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. http://www.boosthardware.com http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ========================================Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything I've ever done.
Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002 The Scotsman
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