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From: aaron@stat.tamu.edu (Aaron Hightower)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: Protracker vs Med debate
Summary: Just a thought, not a flame...
Keywords: Inspiration to programmers
Message-ID: <14185@helios.TAMU.EDU>
Date: 5 Apr 91 06:48:51 GMT
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In article <1991Apr02.040410PM.8929@demon.co.uk> jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk (Jolyon Ralph) writes:
>I got fed up of the user interface on MED, which in my opinion is ...

Just a reminder, I am not arguing, but I don't see much wrong with MED;
the reason I am posting this, however, is not to defend software, but to
share something I found about motivational factors.

>If there are any ideas for what you would like added to the
>new version, shout now and I'll either code them myself or
>pass on the (boring!) ideas to Lars.

"An example of this extrinsic encroachment on intrinsic motivation is evident
when a writer begins to pander to the wishes of his or her audience.  As the
brilliant Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy acknowledged (Solzhenitsynm 1980), when
a writer performs for profit, the essence of genius is lost.  What must come
from within is then being dictated by external demands.  Accordingly, when
those demands shift, so does the writer's behavior, sometimes to the point
of abandoning the writing altogether."

This is taken from my Psychology book.  I wouldn't really feel compelled to
say this except that I feel I have had this happen to me.  I think that
the functionality of MED is good enough to overlook something as simple
as the appearance of the product.  After all, the guy doesn't ask you to
give him any appraisal or anything.  Don't bother criticizing him; I for
one like what he has done for the Amiga community.  Let the guy do his
thing - it is just a hobby for him!  I think he's doing GREAT!

>Jolyon Ralph.  The opinions expressed in the above are mine,
>               although you can borrow them if you want.
>
>"There must be something terribly wrong with the universe..." A.Dent

"There must be something wonderfully beautiful about the unviverse..." A.Fact

:-)
Aaron