I think a lot of us who've used the open source linux tools for complex tasks have been bitten by weird UI problems and unstable code (Video editing comes to mi

I think a lot of us who've used the open source linux tools for complex tasks have been bitten by weird UI problems and unstable code (Video editing comes to mind for me). Its much better now, but having a really solid foundation and fewer crashes is a huge win. With the new components they want to build in Rust is kind of exiting. DAWs are a pretty large complex software and a good test for Rust as a language. It will take not insignificant time to optimize and get the feature complete but optimistic this takes off and improves open source software. It seemed to me they were justifying using a new language, because its a little crazy. A lot of existing components and things could be brought together that are open source and already in C++ (or C...). Honestly as a end user, if it works and works well, you won't care (much like you use websites without worrying about the software stack that powers it). But if you want to contribute to building the software you might care.