On Wednesday 10 October 2012 14:21:11 Patrick Shirkey did opine: > On Wed, October 10, 2012 11:33 pm, Ben Loftis wrote: > > I'd pose a different question: > > > > Is OSX/Win Audio moving _backward_? > > > > If OSX continues to move towards iOS, and Win continues to move > > towards Metro, and Thunderbolt stalls, and screens get smaller, and > > expansion ports get scarcer, then Linux might become the de-facto > > "pro" multimedia platform simply because the other choices have > > become too dumbed down. > > > > Of course _most_ users will be happy with the ease and power of the > > tools that will be available on iOS/Metro. And _most_ users is where > > the money is, so Apple/Microsoft are chasing the right users. But > > there will be some serious users that need a powerful production > > system with big screens and big peripherals, and for these users, > > Linux might become the standard. > > Looking at the recent trade shows it seems that Linux/Unix is the > already the hardware standard. I didn't spot hardware running on Apple > or M$ OS's but plenty of Linux and Unix platforms. > > Unfortunately it costs $4000 for a booth here so I probably won't be > able to do any promotions at the next event. > Ouch. Suggestion Patrick, for the next show, hit up on one of the 'crowdfunding' sites. See if you can get the show money & maybe enough for some big banners & handouts.
Hardware isn't going to happen unless it can be seen that there IS a market for it. > -- > Patrick Shirkey > Boost Hardware Ltd > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! <Flood> can I write a unix-like kernel in perl? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
