News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X. Parent comment

Re:Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @10:52AM (#11020162)
In that way its similar to how music used to be. Had tapes; they went away. Got the LP. Gone but not forgotten. Bought the CD. They went away. Bought the DVD. All those stores are closed. So MP3. Or streaming.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X by brazzledazzle on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @11:02AM (#11020227)
Digital music actually became more flexible when it went from DRM protected music to MP3s. At least with that I can backup and restore it as it pleases me. But I get your overall point. It just doesn't change my preference.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X by cholantesh on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @10:58AM (#11020203)
Even before that you had the option of buying sheet music and playing it on an instrument, but that's a significant barrier to entry. And I guess the scores would wither away in a few generations.
[ Parent | on HN ]