On 2/17/2017 11:36 AM, Don Pearce wrote:
On 17 Feb 2017 13:27:20 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
Don Pearce wrote:
Why is everyone so fixated on what a company did years ago? Most
startups have a little dirt under their nails. It no longer matters. I
have a Behringer mixer here. Sonically it is transparent. Functionally
it does exactly what I require. It has an exemplary ADC/DAC. The power
supply is crap and won't stand up to being switched on long term. So I
turn it off when I'm done.
Because the same guy who was in charge when it was a three-man operation
doing that kind of stuff is still in charge today.
It bothers some people. It doesn't bother everyone.
If everybody in the music business was this fussed about some copying
- there wouldn't be a music business. Did you teach yourself to mix in
isolation, or did you look over someone's shoulder when you were
learning?
Some people are autodidacts, and some learn better from others.
Reverse-engineering a successful design from your competition
is nothing new. It happens EVERYWHERE in EVERY field of endeavor!
People copy and steal successful designs and ideas in electronics,
painting, music, dance, architecture, automobile design, movies, etc,
etc.....especially when they are starting out, or a company is new.
It's how we learn from each other.
And then when you can IMPROVE on someone else's design, and
make it your own...then YOU become the innovator!