Michael Stutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, jeff covey wrote:
> > wow, this could be a truly great platform from music work...
>
> there was a recent mini-discussion on the linux-biz list that was somewhat
> disheartening. some people seemed to suggest that the only kind of free
> software that will succeed is software that will help programmers or that is
> directly related to their work (editors, window managers, compilers), and
[...snip, snip...]
> rarity. but there already are a lot of those, like multitrack etc. anyone
> have any thoughts on these dire predictions?
I dunno, they may be right -- it does seem to be true to a great
extent so far, although I would revise the dire prediction ever so
slightly: the kind of free software that is most likely to succeed is
the software that programmers want to use.
A subtle difference, but an important one, and grounds for some
optimism.
Obviously, such software includes those things directly related to
programming work, but other things (TeX, the GIMP, even Apache) might
be along for the ride as long as there are programmers interested in
using them.
doubt
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