--- Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 02:26:23AM +0100, Peter > Brinkmann wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 08:03:58PM -0500, Lee > Revell wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 01:25 +0100, Peter > Brinkmann wrote: > > > > That said, I did find this line about > "newly-developed proprietary software" > > > > slightly objectionable because they seem to > imply that proprietary software > > > > is a mark of quality, or else they wouldn't > have mentioned this in a > > > > marketing document. > > > > > All marketing types think proprietary==good. > > At the risk of splitting hairs, I'd say it's > deeper than that. Marketing > > types like proprietary stuff because they think > that proprietary==$$$, but > > they wouldn't write this in a marketing document > unless they thought that > > potential users will think that > proprietary==quality. Is it true that > > Joe Q User will have more faith in a piece of > software if it's > > proprietary? Chances are that the word has been > focus group tested; > > it would be interesting to know how the general > public perceives this > > term. > > Peter > > > To me proprietary in such press releases translates > to: > - no one else but we have this to offer > - it might be based on specialized and not freely > availabe knowledge/research I think it's awesome that big guys have decided to use Linux in their products. It's a great testament for the usability of Linux Audio. Their implementation of Linux includes proprietary solutions. I see no problem with that. Korg gets a big thank you from me for using Linux and for all the incredible promotional value that they are giving us. Korg has built a linux based keyboard. This rocks my world. If we knock down a few more of the big guys then Linux Audio is a "player". It's interesting to be a dog turd on the bottom of a shoe but to know you're about to force people into buying hip boots is simply priceless. Thank you Korg, ron > --- > Thorsten Wilms > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
