-It is fairly understandable that existing proprietary DAWs do not run on
-Linux, given the rather small (but growing) share of the desktop market
-that Linux has. However, when surveying the landscape of "popular
-operating systems", we find:
+ There are already a number of excellent digital audio workstations. To
+ mention just a few: ProTools, Nuendo, Samplitude, Digital Performer, Logic,
+ Cubase (SX), Sonar, along with several less well known systems such as SADIE,
+ SAWStudio and others. Each of these programs has its strengths and
+ weaknesses, although over the last few years most of them have converged on a
+ very similar set of core features. However, each of them suffers from two
+ problems when seen from the perspective of Ardour's development group: