[PD] Pd-extended 0.42.5 release candidate 6 released!

[George Ker]

Hi, I' m not a PD advanced user but here is my story:
I think the dilemma is "Do we need more users for PD (and make it work
perfectly in Windows too) or we need to aim the PD development for Linux/
Mac users (and don't waste our "limited resources")?"

*Well , I have seen on youtube etc people using windows and they are experts
of PureData* but how many are they really?
One of the reasons I chose to run GNU-Linux on my previous setup (besides
the xp partition) are things you can have in it. And yes, PD was one of my
major reasons! I unfortunately had then to buy a Mac because of the support
of audio applications generally.

Ok , most of people using a computer have Windows on their setup and in
countries like Greece ... you have to even use it in your university.
BUT: Do really people care about programs like PD or the ideology/democratic
openess behind GNU-Linux when they use windows? Most of us had the first
choice for our system of windows and we MOVED when we saw what we can and we
cannot do in it.

So, my opinion is to just be more consentrated on Mac/GNU-Linux support.
There are not too many people who will really have the interest to learn Pd
in depth and then browsing with IE7 their Facebook accounts.

I honestly don't want to make Pd/Win users feel stupid.

Cheers!

Ps> Let's define Pd:
*"Pure Data*  is a visual programming language (...)  for the creation of
interactive computer music and multimedia works..." STOP!!! Isn't that
"elitistic" enough?

On 17 September 2010 21:42, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at> wrote:

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> Can we move the Windows bashing to another list?  I'm sure there are much
> better venues.  I'd much prefer it if we were friendly to Pd/Windows users
> rather than try to make them feel stupid.
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> .hc
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> On Sep 17, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Bernardo Barros wrote:
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>  Windows7_Error: 001 Windows 7 loaded - Warning your computer is now in
>> danger
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>> 2010/9/17 Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca>:
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>>> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010, patko wrote:
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>>>  (please don't read this serioulsy)
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>>>
>>> Hahaha ! Hey, I have one :
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>>> Q: how many Windows users does it take to screw a light bulb ?
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>>> A: None : Windows can very well screw anything on its own !
>>>
>>> (intraduisible)
>>>
>>>  _______________________________________________________________________
>>> | Mathieu Bouchard ------------------------------ Villeray, Montréal, QC
>>>
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