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List:       kde
Subject:    RE: Thoughts of a KDE sceptic
From:       Roberto Alsina <ralsina () unl ! edu ! ar>
Date:       1999-11-17 15:44:10
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On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Timothy R. Butler wrote:

> Mosfet,
> > I care because I am stuck getting all this email about what people think
> > other people should be developing in their free time for fun. This list
> 
>  I agree - however, since it does involve the project as a whole - not the
> individual developers, the project should be open to suggestions on the
> "official release" by it's users, should it not? For example say 80% of the
> users absolutely hated kDVI (for the sake of discussion, we will do this).

Then that 80% of the users is absolutely free not to care or even look at
kdvi ever again. What harm was done to them?

> Okay, now it's fine if the developer wants to continue on his merry way,
> however since kDVI is included with the main KDE distribution, it should be
> up to the users (IMO) whether or not kDvi should be spun off on to it's own
> or stay with the project.

You seem to have the strange idea that development of free software
somehow resembles a democracy :-)

He who does does. He who does not do, can only humbly suggest.

 ("\''/").__..-''"`-. .         Roberto Alsina
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