Am Montag, den 16.01.2012, 13:25 +0100 schrieb Jörn Nettingsmeier: > On 01/15/2012 02:29 PM, hermann wrote: > > > Not so long ago, for most people linux was == open source, that gone > > lost more and more. You didn't need to be a geek to prefer the use of > > open source tools, that could also lead by sozial or maybe political > > skills. > > Today, it becomes harder and harder to found a place were you could talk > > with people over open source tools. More and more Close Source swap into > > the Linux world. For me, for example that makes linux more to a 2. > > windows. > > The advance of open source is that knowledge gone be a community good. > > Okay, for a Musician witch just wone use the best tools to make Music, > > that didn't have any impact, but also musicians could be driven by there > > political or social state, and for those the place witch could be called > > "home" is slipped away. > > this argument works both ways: for professional users, all that counts > is the availability of the tools required for a particular job. if i can > get a closed-source tool (rather than none at all), that enables me to > _stick_ with linux and not have to run a brown-paper-bag headless > windows box in my basement that needlessly heats up my wine storage and > irritates my router. > > i'm pretty sure there is nothing to fear from choice, ever. > > it's interesting to observe the (minor) frictions that arise when people > who are coming from a proprietary operating system (who have certain > user experience expectations and some degree of ignorance of how the > open source community works) suddenly adopt open-source tools. i > remember the tricks paul used to pretty much drive ardour-osx users into > IRC at gunpoint - without these tricks, mac users tended to double-click > on an installer, run into a problem, walk away complaining and were > never seen again... this is probably also the reason why there's isn't a > windows version of ardour (yet) - you got to backport the software, but > you also got to forward-port user attitude, which can be a lot less > tractable. > > in the bitwig case, the problem is much simpler: a proprietary tool > enters an open-source ecosystem. it removes one more hurdle for people > with a certain workflow to adopt (or stay with) linux. > those who don't like it don't use it. the only friction point arises > when those who don't like it tell others why they shouldn't be using it. > _______________________________________________ I didn't tell others what they have to do or not, I just say that I didn't like and use Close Source, and why I choose so. I guess that is free to me also. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
