Robert, > I have to agree with you. The Open Source community efforts I've > see move much too slow to favor the professional, and BDS itself is just too > big to leave to a disparate group of self-interested parties. Look at the > Jedi group. They have one of the biggest followings around...more people > use their libraries than not, and yet they can't get the manpower to make > fixes to components that are years old! And one of the biggest reasons I > believe this is true is because committees or not, these groups are always > "run" by one or two devoted people who set down the rules and lead the way. > I've seen too many arguments among top-level members start on the open > groups and then be taken privately to even imagine what it must be like on > them! I realize this is as necessary as it is bad for them...such is life!
As someone who has been involved in JEDI since the start I have to agree on every point. I should also add that because of increasing economic pressures on most of us, people have less time to devote to open source work these days. When you have just so many hours in a day and you have to choose between something that is going to bring in money and something that will bring in satisfaction and possibly a little recognition, you will often opt for the former. The more I think about it, Delphi as an open source endeavor becomes a nightmare. Not a big fan of .NET, I am developing the mindset of working with Delphi 7 for years to come. Best wishes, Alan C. Moore __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
