Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And Sonar doesn't run natively on Mac. And speaking of platforms, coding
for Linux would be preferable to many professional users ready to jump
from Windows before Vista arrives, way ahead of integrating an
extraneous engraving program in one or an extraneous DAW with the other.
I don't count myself a professional composer, but I agree with this.
Vista as at present described/rumoured (and it may yet have to be
changed to conform with data protection laws*) is unacceptable. I shall
be getting a dual boot PC shortly, with LINUX as the main OS (to run
packages developed in the UNIX environment) and a Windows (probably XT
Home Ed.) as an insurance against the demise of this ancient lap-top. I
already use software (Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice) of which (I
believe) LINUX versions exist. I wonder how much the environment would
need to be enhanced/modified to run the most recent FinMac. Several
Windows emulators for LINUX exist, probably not yet of adequate
sophistication to run FinWin, but having FinLinux would be even better.
* Mark Pickavance, writing in MicroMart of 31 August 2006, suggested
that Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) met all the EU criteria (and those
of some states of the US) for illegal spyware; and that some Vista
features and important updates will be available only on computers on
which WGA is implemented.
--
Ken Moore
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