> brilliant coders. At present, Open Source projects usually use the > qualification of those brilliant coders but _not_ the qualification of > those people. Instead they scare them away simply because of this > subordination thingie.
I wonder if I'm involved with any such projects. > But: $documentation_person needs to beg, and beg, and beg $coder to fix > this problem. Often $coder won't see the problem (remember: for him it's > not a problem since he wrote the code) and not fix it. Or because this is > "only" a ui-problem it gets a low priority on the todo list (this other > coool feature always has priority). Many users of software feel entitled to fixes whether they contribute or not. The fact that � I want my $0 refunded so I can go get a different program � is not a credible threat is an example of the beauty of free software. Not all contributors to a software project, whether coders, documenters, testers, or dictators, feel strong obligation to the users of the software, the other contributors, or the project itself. > It's definitely not fullfilling to ask for an CVS account and not get it > because "you're not a coder". It's definitely not fun to come up with good I have never seen this happen, whereas I have seen counterexamples. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
