BobF
Chicken/Egg
 
One Day, enough people will have cobbled together sufficiently performing Linux machines to make them a viable option.  It may not matter much now, but 5 years from now it may make a ton of difference.
 
This move by Reaper will end up being called either "an incredible waste of resources" or "a truly visionary bit of leadership".  Risk, reward ...

 This has been said even in the last century and will be said for decades. Most of the Linux crowd is often delusional.

kitekrazy1

BobF
Chicken/Egg
 
One Day, enough people will have cobbled together sufficiently performing Linux machines to make them a viable option.  It may not matter much now, but 5 years from now it may make a ton of difference.
 
This move by Reaper will end up being called either "an incredible waste of resources" or "a truly visionary bit of leadership".  Risk, reward ...

 This has been said even in the last century and will be said for decades. Most of the Linux crowd is often delusional.

Delusional? Really? So you have information as to the mental health status of "most of the Linux crowd?"
A rather defensive, if not outright arrogant, statement. Typical Windows crowd remark...

wow reaper is getting notation... it's only been a decade

michael diemer

kitekrazy1

BobF
Chicken/Egg
 
One Day, enough people will have cobbled together sufficiently performing Linux machines to make them a viable option.  It may not matter much now, but 5 years from now it may make a ton of difference.
 
This move by Reaper will end up being called either "an incredible waste of resources" or "a truly visionary bit of leadership".  Risk, reward ...

 This has been said even in the last century and will be said for decades. Most of the Linux crowd is often delusional.

Delusional? Really? So you have information as to the mental health status of "most of the Linux crowd?"
A rather defensive, if not outright arrogant, statement. Typical Windows crowd remark...

Check any developer webpage and forum deep into Linux.  Not arrogant but realistic.  You can sit in the pumpkin patch with Charlie Brown.   Delusional.
 

michael diemer
 
Considering that Justin has developed a notation editor in just a few months from scratch  - I wouldn't count this guy out.

Justin is a great developer. No doubt about it.
 
But he can't write great drivers that will give great frame rates on an AMD/nVidia video card. (Even if he could, and I don't doubt the man, AMD/nVida would not let him!)
 
Gamers would leave Windows in a heart beat by the droves if they could get better frame rates on Linux. And there sits the momentum that's needed and lacking in Linux becoming anything more than it is right now. Millions of gamers sitting there waiting for it to happen.
 
And waiting.....
 
Think of this:
1. If we could get someone in the industry (Justin?) to write a great DAW program(that could use VST) for Linux,
2. Get just one good company with the hardware/driver support
3. And someone to create a Linux distro just for recording/live performace with low latency
 
How many of us would jump on that?
 
And we would only be a small fraction of the needed momentum to get Linux mainstream.

kitekrazy1

michael diemer

kitekrazy1

BobF
Chicken/Egg
 
One Day, enough people will have cobbled together sufficiently performing Linux machines to make them a viable option.  It may not matter much now, but 5 years from now it may make a ton of difference.
 
This move by Reaper will end up being called either "an incredible waste of resources" or "a truly visionary bit of leadership".  Risk, reward ...

 This has been said even in the last century and will be said for decades. Most of the Linux crowd is often delusional.

Delusional? Really? So you have information as to the mental health status of "most of the Linux crowd?"
A rather defensive, if not outright arrogant, statement. Typical Windows crowd remark...

Check any developer webpage and forum deep into Linux.  Not arrogant but realistic.  You can sit in the pumpkin patch with Charlie Brown.   Delusional.
 

No, you're still arrogant. We're not delusional. We're hopeful. Despite cynics like you who like to throw cold water on us.

Grem

michael diemer
 
Considering that Justin has developed a notation editor in just a few months from scratch  - I wouldn't count this guy out.

Justin is a great developer. No doubt about it.
 
But he can't write great drivers that will give great frame rates on an AMD/nVidia video card. (Even if he could, and I don't doubt the man, AMD/nVida would not let him!)
 
Gamers would leave Windows in a heart beat by the droves if they could get better frame rates on Linux. And there sits the momentum that's needed and lacking in Linux becoming anything more than it is right now. Millions of gamers sitting there waiting for it to happen.
 
And waiting.....
 
Think of this:
1. If we could get someone in the industry (Justin?) to write a great DAW program(that could use VST) for Linux,
2. Get just one good company with the hardware/driver support
3. And someone to create a Linux distro just for recording/live performace with low latency
 
How many of us would jump on that?
 
And we would only be a small fraction of the needed momentum to get Linux mainstream.

Maybe we're seeing the beginning of just that move.

Yes, perhaps Justin will be the messiah we have been waiting for! 

michael diemer
Yes, perhaps Justin will be the messiah we have been waiting for! 

Or may he's just trying to open yet another revenue stream. A true messiah would tip over the money lender's table

bapu

michael diemer
Yes, perhaps Justin will be the messiah we have been waiting for! 

Or may he's just trying to open yet another revenue stream. A true messiah would tip over the money lender's table

You're not very familiar with Reaper's revenue stream, are you?