On 12/9/06, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico@xxxxxx> wrote:
Actually, so far as audio is concerned, if Vista is incapable of low latency operations I can see that pulling more developers to Linux and Mac.
But I don't know. All I do know is the gradual feature creep of XP ultimately made it unusable for audio and midi apps in my case, and I made the switch to Linux I guess about 2 years ago for this reason. It has mostly been a frustrating exercise, but the last couple weeks have been very promising, with the release of a std rt kernel from Ingo Molnar's yum repository and beta releases of ardour2 of ever increasing quality.
And, as a substancial market for salable products (VST) already exists, it would be my hope that somehow methods could be developed that would make VST developers able to develop and sell easily into the Linux market.
"Linux market has actually shrunk". Linux on the desktop seems to be stagnating, sure, but everywhere else seems to remain in growth mode.
> bounty to persuade them. slowly, people are going to realize that
> windows is a dead end. sometimes all you have to do is wait, and help
<rant>
Actually, realization will be a rather quick once Vista spreads and it turns
out to be ridden with the same security issues XP had 5 years go. Now,
average user may not care/understand this much (likely they will probably
continue believing in the motto "reboot/crash a day keeps bugs at bay"), but
for developers, it will be a no-brainer.
Actually, so far as audio is concerned, if Vista is incapable of low latency operations I can see that pulling more developers to Linux and Mac.
But I don't know. All I do know is the gradual feature creep of XP ultimately made it unusable for audio and midi apps in my case, and I made the switch to Linux I guess about 2 years ago for this reason. It has mostly been a frustrating exercise, but the last couple weeks have been very promising, with the release of a std rt kernel from Ingo Molnar's yum repository and beta releases of ardour2 of ever increasing quality.
And, as a substancial market for salable products (VST) already exists, it would be my hope that somehow methods could be developed that would make VST developers able to develop and sell easily into the Linux market.
OTOH, given that Linux market has actually shrunk over the past few years,
and we are yet to return to the market cap of our micro-Renaissance of the
2000/1, the lack of the critical mass/paying customers will likely be a
deterrent to the aforesaid migration from commercial developer perspective.
"Linux market has actually shrunk". Linux on the desktop seems to be stagnating, sure, but everywhere else seems to remain in growth mode.
All that being said, Universities have and will continue to be bastions of
Linux and if my recent meetings are any indication, at least as far as
Virginia Tech is concerned, its adoption in education sector will continue
to grow exponentially...
</rant>
Ico
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