On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:05:24 +0000, anahata <anahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 01:21:47PM -0600, Ryan Gallagher wrote: > > > Reliability - Check with Mark about how often PTLE changes in any > > fundamental way... rarely. It's the "just works" philosophy. > > Especially because, as mentioned earlier, a typical Pro Tools box is > switched on to run PT and nothing else. Even Windows is quite stable > treated like that. No networking, viruses and other malware to worry > about. > > On the other side of the coin, that dedicated-to-one-job type of > application OUGHT to be a good target for Linux - kernel, drivers and > everything totally customisable in ways that Windows can never be. I > suspect that the first successful Linux DAW will be an (almost) embedded > system. You buy a box, plug it in and Ardour (though the user might > never know it as that) appears on the screen... > This has been my thought. When I lost my job a couple of weeks ago I had to start thinking about a way to earn a living. I was drawn to start looking at this sort of thing. I think it makes sense although I'm not sure the market is large enough for someone like me to make a living doing it. That said, it seemed like a cool idea to me to boot the machine and just see Ardour ready to go. - Mark
