I can atest to that. I’m a direct example of MS progressively annoying and pushing people away. It’s real.
Natural curiosity is another factor in play.
But i’m also great at pissing against the wind .
I can understand people feel it’s good to hide behind sterilized terms like “open source”, and pat some companies on the back if they do the work you like and use. One could argue(and easily win) it’s much wiser and politicaly correct that way. It’s just my nature to be more direct - i like floss to be what it is and proprietary software to also be what it is.
I know, it’s not great. But if the alternative is complete Microsoft dominance, I’d still say the outcome is worth it (since those people would have still been using Steam, so the net number of proprietary software users goes down since folks stop using Windows).
It’s the same way I dislike the fact that Reaper or Davinci Resolve is proprietary software but like the fact that they’re available on GNU/Linux. I wouldn’t use them, but I want folks for whom those are ‘necessary’ (as they see it) to have the option to move to GNU/Linux.
I’m pretty sure I prefer option B. The same is true of other proprietary software (and is a huge reason Microsoft historically kept the ‘best’ version of Office for Windows, though nowadays the subscription model seems to have taken over even there).
I would prefer the option “Uses GNU/Linux and plays FLOSS games”, but option B acts as a bridge. Same with “Uses GNU/Linux and other FLOSS software” — that’s the ideal, sure, but can we provide a bridge to get them there?
Most folks don’t even realize that FLOSS is important, so there needs to be an on-ramp to even thinking about it. They look at the cost of tools, sure, so ‘monetarily free’ is obviously a large incentive, but unless the company is insanely greedy and doesn’t appear to have a huge monopoly on the tools, it’s not enough.
It’s like the Adobe tools, right? People think of Adobe tools as the creative suite, period. Even if there are other tools (some FLOSS, some proprietary but insanely cheaper) that can do the same job for 99% of folks, there’s a status associated with saying ‘I used Photoshop’ or whatever. I personally don’t buy into that (I just care about the results), but a lot of people want to be able to say they used X tool.
I guess what I’m trying to say is: We should relentlessly promote Ardour and turn it into a status symbol
Well, i do tell my friends about it, and even they answer with weird faces .
The other thing is - first things first.
Right now i’m like an advanced Cubaser and rookie Ardourer .
I am constantly thinking of promoting it…not only Ardour but creative work in Linux in general, but coming from me it wouldn’t do this agenda justice. First i have to become better at it myself.
Now that you mentioned it, i was thinking of holding workshops/presentations, acoustic gigs that i’d record and mix with Ardour, even starting AV Linux coffee shop/hub, but it all seems like a ton of work for somebody who needs to learn more about audio/video work in Linux first.
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