zoco wrote:For them it is forbidden to force you to windows as far as i know.
Why so? Developers can support the platforms they choose to. If is your choice to use their product and to be locked in to a particular OS because of that.
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zoco wrote:For them it is forbidden to force you to windows as far as i know.
Musicteacher wrote:I don't see your point. Who is forced into using windows? There is no law for that or something, right?
zoco wrote:your company can not work within those NEN rules your company will not even be allowed to carry out assignments
raboof wrote:zoco wrote:your company can not work within those NEN rules your company will not even be allowed to carry out assignments
This seems overly broadly stated, if true at all. Can you give any specific examples?
raboof wrote:so no hard requirement to use Windows/macOS there either AFAICT (though those departments of course still commonly choose it).
zoco wrote:Factories. Control of machines with which products within NEN specifications have to be produced.
zoco wrote:True or not? Ask someone you know working with these kind of high level contracts with the big companies. You need to go beyond the regular ceo of a common company in your town.
Go ask some company who delivers parts for the car industry. There are huge requirements you for sure can't work within with linux.
folderol wrote:Just a small thing. Most synth-using musicians just use the names they know, they have no knowledge (or interest) in what's inside. There are a number of famous named instruments that are 100% Linux inside.
Basslint wrote:I apologize for sounding negative, but using hardware that runs Linux counts as much as using an Android smartphone![]()
How does that affect musicians positively? I think that in practice, it makes little difference if a Korg synth runs the Linux kernel or its own, as long as it's compatible with standards such as MIDI.
CrocoDuck wrote:I actually seen plenty of Industrial Computers running quality control software on Linux operating systems in my professional life, right at the production line.
CrocoDuck wrote:I detect a somewhat smug tone in there. If so, please calm down
CrocoDuck wrote:The other is that of artists deliberately choosing OSS as their mean of expression, or tools, or whatever in between. Which is where the interesting stuff is. Or it seems not to really be, as far as big names are concerned. I cannot really think of one. So why that is the case? One possible cause could be that the standard which most recording labels and studio require are proprietary programs.
CrocoDuck wrote:Other than that, maybe big names do not use Open Source just pretty much because really few people overall know about it, or care.
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