On Sun, August 29, 2010 10:32 pm, Ronald Stewart wrote: > Who cares Microsoft and Pro Tools both suck! >
Well it means their is a market opportunity doesn't it? I don't care if Avid dies a nasty death but that does provide some leeway for some of us to gain some more customers... > Thank you > > Ronald Stewart > Creative Director > Trinity Audio Group Inc. > 9854 National Blvd. #322 > Los Angeles CA 90034 > 310-733-9285 > [email protected] > www.indamixx.com > > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Patrick Shirkey < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Sun, August 29, 2010 6:58 pm, Paul Davis wrote: >> > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo >> > <[email protected] <mle%[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> >> The reponses to that post are all very keen on the idea of having >> >> the Digidesign software and hardware available for Linux. They are >> >> also spot on that once the Digidesign stuff is running on Mac OSX, >> >> the move to Linux would be relatively simple. >> > >> > this whole story seems very unlikely to me. >> > >> > its *not* simple to port from OS X to Linux. if you use OpenGL that >> > helps quite a bit, but the >> > audio infrastructure is quite different. >> > >> > its also ridiculous to comment on OS X "moving away from its Unix >> > heritage". OS X is still based on Darwin which is still as close to >> > its "unix heritage" (or as far away) as it ever was. >> > >> > this doesn't mean that i think that they do not have PT running on >> > Linux BUT note that Digidesign (the brand is going away, its "Avid" >> > more and more) have been using Linux for some of their products for >> > some time now. they had a server/FTP product for sharing audio that >> > has run on Linux since it was released. >> > >> > whoever posted this is likely an example of a number of my audio >> > engineer friends: they know just enough about computers for their >> > knowledge to be dangerous, and confusing. >> >> >> One thing is clear about Avid is that they are in significant financial >> trouble and are basically spending all their money on marketing instead >> of >> actually making anything of value anymore. >> >> That usually signifies a company in significant distress. >> >> >> >> -- >> Patrick Shirkey >> Boost Hardware Ltd. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev >> > -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
