[PaulDavisThe1st]

It isn't snark.

I've been writing an open source DAW for 25 or more years. Every time I see somebody else working on their own new open source DAW or DAW-adjacent project, I find myself wondering whether it would be a better or worse thing if they put their efforts into our already-existing project.

[exe34]

from your point of view, they're wasting their time and effort. from their point of view, they'd rather fail than do unpaid work for you.