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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Ardour developers,<div>Thanks for your nice piece of software, foremost.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm studying the liveliness of OpenSourceSoftware communitites (relying on the mailing lists exchanges history), and would like to get a bit of info on your history: </div><div>1) would you say the Ardour community is currently thriving or facing a down? and</div><div>do you remember some periods in time (from 2005 on) where things were 2) more difficult/dead or 3) much more active?</div><div><br></div><div>If anyone's interested to get background or detailed information I'd gladly provide some, as well as intermediate results (expected for September 2013).</div><div>Have a nice day!</div><div>Berteh.</div> </div></body>
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