I can do some vocals in England; I can come across to LA You can do various versions - replace this, replace that. You can use software that almost makes the record for you.
A company like Adobe, there are dozens of different teams that are using Slack. Each of those elected to use Slack independently.
It gives you great pleasure to know that millions of developers, day to day, make their living using the software that you created.
Many composers use software to write music - programs like Finale or Sibelius. There are also recording programs. I should say I'm still very old-fashioned, I still use pencil and paper. But almost every composer I know does it the 'new way.'
People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.
Then people started using it more and more and it became the most downloaded software on the internet.
Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there.
I'm the only one in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that has Final Draft on my computer. Then you show up and go to any coffee shop in L.A., and there are a hundred people your age with Final Draft.
Iran is a complete Windows country when it comes to the Office automation side.
One of the reasons that I really don't mind that people are selling Linux commercially is exactly because it does make me feel good that people use the product.
Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their system software.
I do read licenses, and they aggravate me, but a computer isn't much good without software. When I need a product, I hold my nose and click 'agree.'
Whatever way that we have in our head that we expect people to use a software, they'll find other interesting ways to use it that we didn't expect.
I'm always surprised at how many people seem to like reading about what hardware and software I use.
If you want to do something that's going to change the world, build software that people want to use instead of software that managers want to buy.
I feel lucky because earlier in my career, I found what I liked to do; it's build software that you see your friends using on the street, and they like it.
