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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Making users count
From:       "yakanet.fr" <jerome () yakanet ! fr>
Date:       2002-07-03 10:21:13
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Fountain" <fountai@hursley.ibm.com>
To: <kde-devel@kde.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:16 AM
Subject: Making users count


> The most alarming point that appears to have come out of the "Fundamental
KDE
> Library Problem.." discussion is that for a lot of KDE developers,
possibly
> most of them, users don't matter. KDE, it transpires, is for developers to
> enjoy themselves with. If users find it useful, hey, that's a bonus!
>
> If this is allowed to continue users will go off to the competition where
> they will get a desktop they want and need, and KDE will end up with only
as
> many users as developers (I'm *so* tempted to say "like 'Berlin'" ;) ).
>
> What would be required to get users more in the development loop? Does it
> just boil down to money?
>
> When I first saw dep's article a week or two back about how he was
> disillusioned with the way KDE development has turned I thought "what a
pile
> of crap". Now I'm not so sure.
>
> In November of this year I'm going to quit my job, move to Australia, and
> spend 2 years as a volunteer free software developer. I was planning on
doing
> lots of KDE work, and I want to do it because I want to return to the
> community some of what I've got out of it for the last 4 or 5 years. If
KDE
> development is really just about selfish people doing what they fancy, I
> don't want to be part of that. Community and users matter to me. I'll
choose
> a different project.
>
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