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Damn Reply-To-All, yet again.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Thomas Vecchione wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:

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>> I guess my thought was that people who want to use audio

>> professionally are less likely to make decisions based on what

>> requires the least effort, which seems to be the main bragging point

>> for OSX as well as the main complaint about Linux.

>>

>

> They are more likely to choose what works for them.

>

> Which for many people OS X works for them out of the box.  Linux doesn't

> even come close at this point to doing so out of the box for most people.

>

> So lets say I am an audio professional about to upgrade, ignoring financial

> things for the moment for various reasons.  I have a choice.  I can either

> go with OS X and get an experience that works out of the box for what I need

> it to.  Or I can go with Linux and spend hours learning a new OS and

> tinkering with the commandline, before I can even start to work

> professionally.

>

> For many people there isn't much choice there.

>

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Damn Reply-To-All, yet again.On Fri, Aug=

 7, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at=

 6:40 PM, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard@gmail.com>=

 wrote:
I guess my thought was that people who want to use audio

professionally are less likely to make decisions based on what

requires the least effort, which seems to be the main bragging point

for OSX as well as the main complaint about Linux.They are more likely to choose what works for them.Which

for many people OS X works for them out of the box.=A0 Linux doesn't ev=

en

come close at this point to doing so out of the box for most people.

So lets say I am an audio professional about to upgrade, ignoring

financial things for the moment for various reasons.=A0 I have a choice.=A0

I can either go with OS X and get an experience that works out of the

box for what I need it to.=A0 Or I can go with Linux and spend hours

learning a new OS and tinkering with the commandline, before I can even

start to work professionally.

For many people there isn't much choice there.=A0 =A0 =A0 =

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