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
