On 2/19/06, Pete Bessman <ninjadroid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ladies and Gents, > > I can hack specimen while working full time. And, I can hack specimen > while studying full time. But, and this is empirically verifiable, I > can't hack specimen while both working and studying full time. And my > situation is not likely to change for another year or so. > > What this means is that I'm just not cut out to run a project right now, > unless I want to put it into maintenance mode. Really, that's where > specimen has been for the past six months anyway, and I've been doing a > rather piss poor job at that modest role! My efforts are better applied > to tasks where smaller chunks of time can go a greater distance. > > I don't have any regrets --- this was my first real programming project, > and I learned a lot. But the truth is that LMMS is more specimen than > specimen right now, and it has an active development and user community > surrounding it. Plus, I've always been a musician and an artist first, > and a programmer second. > > All told, it's time to throw in the towel on this one. In a way, this > is a bummer --- I've put a lot of sweat and tears (literally) into this > project over the past couple of years, and it has come an incredible > distance. But I'd be a fool to think that I'm better off keeping it > afloat than making music and contributing to other projects. > > And truthfully, it's a huge relief to get this announcement out. A > sense of obligation is what kept me from making it sooner, but in > retrospect, that's pretty ridiculous. Considering that I'm an "open > source, just for fun" guy, and not a "free software, as in freedom" > type, it doesn't make a lot of sense to keep going when pain exceeds > pleasure. > > This isn't the end of my open source music development, however. I hope > to help take LMMS to the next level, and contribute to other projects > that will help make Linux a competitor in the music industry. Things > like ardour2, lash, jack-midi, vst, dssi, ladspa et al are the keys to > our future in this regard. And I look forward to getting back to > hardcore hacking in a few years, when I've got my life settled down and > I'm not putting in 80 hours of work and school a week. > > Take care everybody, and may the funk be with you. > > -- > Pete Bessman > http://gazuga.net > "So this baby seal walks into a club." That's awesome that you will help out LMMS. Thanks for your efforts on Specimen. I listened to your clip in that other thread, and it's pretty cool. I have been working on some packaging, and while doing this I haven't worked on a single note of music, so I can understand what you're talking about. I too am a musician first. Take care, and good luck with your studies. Much respect, Dana
