Re: [LAU] bitwig announcement

2012/1/16 Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@email-addr-hidden>

> Hey guys,
>
> to drop my 2 cents into the jar of discussion, I personally see more
> proprietary apps arriving, but see it in a more positive light.
> First of all, as a libertarian anarchist, I do believe that people might
> choose to write proprietary software and to choose proprietary
> software. Proprietary software is such a problem only and only because
> modern computing world basically forces it on people.
>
> If we have some proprietary apps arriving to the fundamentally free
> platform which is GNU/Linux, this will be a choice situation.
> Yes, proprietary apps may have more features, but not necessarily. Yes, if
> Adobe starts doing Photoshop for Linux, it is possible
> GIMP will not be as prominent on Linux.
>

on the other hand, if these proprietary apps bring more people to linux,
some of these people will discover the other 'true linux' apps that are
available and might start to use these too
you win some, you loose some

>
> But those will now be choices. And it is obvious from what I see Rui doing
> with Qtractor that it stands on its own. Bitwig does not
> necessarily exclude Qtractor or Ardour, not to mention that more people on
> Linux Audio might interest them in JACK and all the
> stuff. Routing low-latency audio will always have a strong appeal.
>
> And we'll also see how "piracy" works on Linux. Remember, there is no
> registry here. And with the amount of hacking talent you might
> very quickly see that proprietary software developers either will have to
> abandon GNU/Linux or else offer something that is really
> appealing and not just copy if files for lots of money.
>
>
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> Louigi Verona
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