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On 02/05/2013 07:26 PM, Louigi Verona wrote:

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> Devin wrote:

>

> "

> /1.) Developer releases software.

> 2.) Users download software.

> 3.) Users don't give feedback, or give very little feedback, on software.

> 4.) Developer doesn't continue to develop software because (s)he's

> unmotivated to continue due to a perceived lack of community interest

> and/or because his/her requirements for the software are satisfied.

> 5.) Bit-rot ensues./

> "

>

> This is very interesting because it displays that Linux, as a hobbyist

> operating system, has a very different motivational set. While on

> Windows developers won't typically start writing software unless they

> have researched the market and are sure it will be used, on Linux a

> developer usually writes software for himself.

>

> In fact, I think even bigger software, like Qtractor, is written as a

> hobby (Rui, correct me if I am wrong).

>

correct. has been, it is and will be, have no doubt about that.
> In other words, software on Linux is usually developer-driven, not

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> user-driven. And this constructs a totally different community and

> attitude and method of communication. Linux, at its core, is an

> operating system for developers, for people who want to write their own

> stuff.

>

it just happens that i do eat my own dogfood, so maybe i count as

separate as a dev and as a user? :)
> To rephrase it, I would also say that Linux Audio as an environment

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> lacks competition. You don't have to worry your software is out of date

> or that someone else introduced a new feature. What is seen as

> duplicating features by many is really a mechanism for quality and

> innovation. Here, on Linux, there is no such thing as market

> competition. And thus - no natural selection of software, so to speak.

>

byee

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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

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