Lorenzo and Chris, I hear you but as a music teacher and music software evangelist, it is huge when I can push an app that runs on multiple platforms to an education audience. I do all of my most important audio work in Linux because of Rosegarden and I don't see that changing after Windows and Mac ports exist but the fact that I can hand someone the app for their platform of choice and have them walk away from a workshop I have done being able to use it with students immediately is huge. I am versed enough in Windows and Mac OS that I can usually help them with any mulitplatform opensource music app that I use regularly.
I use Rosegarden in my classroom to teach composition to middle school age students. I have a handful of kids that have Linux installed at home. For my Windows and Mac users, I usually have to hand them MuseScore which is a great notation program but just doesn't do things that Rosegarden does well. Dave On 5/16/12 3:30 PM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > On 14/05/12 23:03, Chris Cannam wrote: >> On 13 May 2012 23:56, Cláudio Pinheiro<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Rosegarden needs broad visibility by potential users, so it can generate a >>> critical mass that would attract developers that would maintain a sustained >>> growth and (even) better codebase and documentation. To achieve it >>> Rosegarden must walk the multiplatform path. It must be the top priority now >>> for the future's greater good. >> I appreciate this argument, and thank you for articulating it well. >> But I'm afraid I just don't see the evidence in other applications >> that broadening your user base, by porting to other platforms with a >> smaller proportion of developers, helps a great deal with development >> effort. > I agree with Chris. I will add that now a days installing a Linux > flavour is really easy, and personally Rosegarden (plus some other > software) together with the improved easiness of installing Linux was > the motive for me to get back to it and eventually switch, after hard > times trying to get it to work at the end of the 1990s. > That's to say I would stick and focus to Linux, and who knows this may > attract other users. > > My two cents. > Lorenzo. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
