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On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Dan MacDonald wrote:
> Louigi wanted feedback and thats what he's getting. Everyones opinion is

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> valid if its realistic and well reasoned which I'd say all the comments have

> been so far - hopefully that includes me! :)

It does :)
> decade before app stores became a catchphrase. The amount of dross in the

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> Play market and in Apples store is staggering - I wouldn't even consider the

> majority of whats available from them as real, useful apps - most are more

> like installable ads and thinly-veiled spyware.

You know, I was sitting next to a fellow co-worker few days ago who

was, in fact, swearing, because he couldn't find a certain useful

productivity app for the "big" OSX (on a Macbook) which he had on his

iPad. He was actually quite ready to spend $100 on an HDMI adapter and

get himself a display so that he could get his work done.
> would be nice if in a few years this trend could change so that people are

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> using Linux to record with because it has become a superior audio production

> platform but for that we may need Apple to screw up OSX as hard as MS have

> with Windows 8 and more than just Bitwig + a few extra plugins.

I really like how willingly people claim that Microsoft screwed

Windows 8. It's not as sales actually started already.
> To be honest though, I could care less about world domination for Linux. I'd

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> be happy if it wasn't just outright ignored by hardware manufacturers and

> they had the good sense to at least co-operate with the Linux community but

> there lies our chicken & egg.

No, really? Last thing I heard is that vendors of Firewire audio

devices were quite willing to give specs to FFADO folks and even send

hardware, and it was a shame that there were so few FFADO folks to

make use of those specs.
Alexandre Prokoudine

http://libregraphicsworld.org

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