[Ardour-Users] eContact! issus 11.3: open source

[Jörn Nettingsmeier]

Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> 
> On 10/02/2009 08:13 PM, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
>> canadian magazine eContact! is running an issue dedicated to open source
>> audio software. enjoy, jörn
>>
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> 
> I know that you had nothing to do with it but how the fxxx did Ableton
> get onto the front page?
> 
> Those guys are canny marketers but that is really pushing the limits.

well, afaics the idea of the whole issue was to inform poeple whose
workflow has depended mostly on closed-source applications about the
possibilities of free software.
i think it's an excellent idea to include a (somewhat) dissenting
opinion (which presents very valid reasons for not going open source
from people who have created a product in a class of its own).

it can and should be discussed (which is what for me journalism is about
- to present a broad range of facts and views and to foster public
discussion).
but then let's discuss behler's points - not ways to evade this
discussion altogether

but we should come up with a proper forum to do this, so as not to annoy
the hell out of the mailing list subscribers who this is being
cross-posted to. if there is interest in continuing this, maybe we can
start a page on the cec wiki? jef?





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