On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 06:50:12PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Alan Russell <ajrussellaudio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The platform, > > software and community are all part of the package when you invest in > > a new OS. And cross-platform software has zero impact on that. > > Well yeah, except that "there's no Ableton Live for Linux" is one of a > number of reasons, though a particularly good reason, why many people > could not possibly choose Linux as the platform for what they thought > they wanted to do. > > Bitwig Studio may change that. It certainly seems as if it will remove > that particular reason from the list. Another thing that could happen is: - A number of Linux users buy it and use Bitwig. - After some time, version N+1 adds some nice features and at the same time drops Linux support - "we can't spend all that effort/money on supporting such a small market". - Users want to keep using their toy and switch to OSX or Windows. Ciao, -- FA Vor uns liegt ein weites Tal, die Sonne scheint - ein Glitzerstrahl. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
