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Re: [microsound] politics of digital audio redux



Okay well that seemed to be what Kim was implying.. It's been years
since I owned a Mac. 

All in all anything that Apple has given "the people" has been a
strategy to gain market share rather than selfless charity.

--- jon <seedling@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Apple as you have pointed out has leveled the playing field for
> many
> > including editors with Final Cut etc.
> > 
> > More power to the people... right?
> 
> While I by no means give much of a shit or want to start arguing the
> point, let it just be said that Apple haven't levelled the playing
> field
> much in my eyes.  At least, not compared to open source software
> developers, who have made makeshift tools available for years and
> broadened the market for entry- and semi-pro-level software and
> systems.
>  Also, pirate software is much easier to find for PCs and that has
> probably led to more end user skills development and thus wider
> production than anything Apple ever did.
> 
> (Disclaimer: I own two Macs)
> 
> 
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