This week we’ll use the lens of some recent technical meltdowns to discuss this age old struggle of pragmatism vs idealism.

Sometimes the practical choice kicks you in the butt, and you regret ignoring your ideals. And sometimes the free choice can’t do the job. This is a balance Linux users find themselves in more most technology users.

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Practical Leads to Disaster:

• Telestream Announces Major Wirecast 5 Release – September 12, 2013 – Telestream Press Release

Wirecast delivers its most significant upgrade yet including x264 encoding, a redesigned user interface, program feed output and much more

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