On 10/10/2012 03:54 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@email-addr-hidden
> <mailto:louigi.verona@email-addr-hidden>> wrote:
>
> Hello Ben!
>
> I'd like to answer your question: Is OSX/Win Audio moving _backward_?
>
> In the most general sense my answer would be a no.
>
>
> in the general sense, sure. but Ben wasn't referring to the general
> sense. if you're on the "inside" of Apple audio development its clear
> that their focus is really shifting away from "creative/professional
> audio" toward "consumer audio". i'm talking about the OS infrastructure
> here, not the existing apps. now, traditionally, Apple has done an
> amazing job of creating technology that manages to serve the needs of
> both audiences, and they *may* manage to carry on doing that. but there
> are few signs from things going on in both iOS and the latest versions
> of OS X that this might not carry on. personally, i'd probably put my
> money on apple, but there is a real question what their (infrastructure)
> focus is going to be in a year or two.
Didn't Mac start as a platform for mostly the creative world, having a
few percent of the total userbase for Desktop? Is Canonical totally
overlooking the potential of creative software for Linux or doesn't that
potential exist?
\r
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