I can't think of a better example of the vicious cycle of software lock-in than this. They don't have money to offer financial support, so they have to rely on the tools that they know, which are proprietary and expensive, thus making it even less likely that a composer would be able to afford to travel to the concert (because he/she had to spend money on either Max/MSP or Kyma to composer the piece in the first place).
-Jonathan ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ben Baker-Smith <[email protected]> > To: pd list <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:12 PM > Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ???? > > Hi list! > > I got a more clear response from the organizers on this issue than > anything I've seen in this thread so far - here it is: > >> Hi Ben, >> >> thanks for your Interest in our Call. >> >> We accepts only patches made with Kyma or Max/MSP due the fact we are not > able to provide >> financial support for the two selected composers. So it is possible that > they will not be able to be in Milan for the concert. >> To avoid technical issues we choose the plattforms we already use in our > work or we are very familiar with. >> This is the only reason. >> If the selected composer can assure us to be available for the concert the > can be used any piece of software/hardware. >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> Many thanks >> >> >> Federico Placidi > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
