Re: [LAU] bitwig announcement

From: Rustom Mody <rustompmody@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Jan 20 2012 - 11:03:20 EET

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine <
alexandre.prokoudine@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
>
> > And about the scary part, news like this brings up questions for me. What
> > kind of users will it attract? How many users will switch and drop
> software
> > like Ardour and Qtractor?
>
> I know I'm not going to make any friends with such a statement, but
> what is the problem with dropping "software like Ardour and Qtractor"?
>
> If you are musician in the first place, then it's a matter of what
> works best for you. If you are geek in the first place, then there's
> no way you will abandon free software, so what's the problem? :)
>
> We are talking about competition which is a natural thing. Rosegarden
> can lose users to MusE or Qtractor. Qtractor can lose users to Ardour.
> It happens all the time. Can you see any of the developers crying,
> because they are all alone? :)
>
> Alexandre Prokoudine
> http://libregraphicsworld.org

Some may like to see this:
http://apcmag.com/linux-now-75-corporate.htm
[And some may not :-) ]

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