use-revolution Digest, Vol 77, Issue 71

[Richmond Mathewson]

On 01/03/2010 22:39, stephen barncard wrote:
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>>>> DON'T spend money on Mac Software; once you have the machine and the
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>>>> pretty well everything else should be FREE.
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> Good advice for some ...That's not a realistic or practical goal for those
> who use their computers for more than word processing and web access..
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> In many cases the commercial versions are still better, or provide a
> workflow is more efficient. Also many of the open source software offerings
> seem to not look or work like real Mac applications.
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> After working with the Sun Virtualizer, I still prefer the hand-holding and
> stuff 'that just works' in VMWare's paid Virtualizer. And there is yet to be
> found any open source audio and video editing software that nears the Mac
> experience of Final Cut or Logic. This is the stuff I use every day.
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> And then there's Cyberduck - open source FTP client - that blows away
> everything I just said.
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> I just don't think it's good advice to give to anyone - "Don't spend any
> money on software" - especially to a group of programmers!!
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For Graphics and Sound I think that Open Source is really good (GIMP, 
Inkscape, Audacity, Ardour(linux)),

But there is no respectable Video Editing suite that is Open Source, yet.

Ultimately one has to use one's own judegement with regard to these things.
I am perfectly happy developing the sort of software I develop with 100%
Open Source + RunRev.