On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:03 AM, "Andreas Rückert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OSS often solved special problems, that no company was willing to solve (for a > reasonable price). But I thought, it's the problem, that drives the > development, > not just development for the sake of development. I think open source developers code for different reasons. For some it's just a hobby or a way to play with new or different technology than they do in their "day job." In these cases it literally is "development for the sake of development." > So it seems to me, that > Argo has lost contact to it's userbase, and maybe it's even worse, because > noone seems to care. So in way it's a solution, that doesn't even look anymore > for a problem that fits. I totally agree with this. When I joined a couple of years ago, I knew what *I* wanted ArgoUML to do, but I was curious what others used it for, so I asked who the target users were, what types of things they used ArgoUML for, etc, etc. All I heard was resounding silence. No one knew. Part of the problem is that interest in UML has faded and the fact that we are so far behind the leading edge of the technology certainly doesn't help, but I can't help thinking that at least part of the problem is that the users are actively ignored. Look at how many bug reports go years without even getting acknowledged. Check the user list archives for questions that never got a single response. Is it any wonder the users don't care? Tom p.s. I bet there are some users that care, but because we're not engaged in a conversation with them, we've go no way of knowing. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
