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by stefan-tiedje » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:38 pm
I definitely would use it. Though, I work mostly with Max/MSP, so this would only make sense, if Max/MSP is running on Linux as well. But cycling said already, to make Max run on Linux would be way less effort, than the port to Windows was. The library cycling is using is cross-platform...
I am a long time Apple user (started with an Apple II compatible back then...), but Apples business strategies are pissing me off more and more. I wouldn't hesitate to switch completely to Linux. All Software I use, except for Max and Live, is completely cross-platform (Lyx, Thunderbird, Firefox, Office). Even my MacOS 9 emulators would run on Linux...;-)
I never really considered to actually use Windows, I need to fire it up sometimes, but thats enough for me, nothing to do serious work on. But thats solely a matter of taste...
I bet it will take some more years of a constantly growing Linux user base to encourage the software vendors to try the switch. But if that happens, it will cause a flood of change. This will astonish Microsoft so much, that it will bring them to a halt...;-)
The amount of support, my computer-newbie friends need since I installed them Linux, is diminished at least to a tenth, of what they had needed with windows. I still regret, that I brought my father to Mac OS (much earlier). In the mean time its more support demanding than Linux. But if you teach an old man something new, you won't do it again without good reason...;-)
Stefan
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