On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 05:01:41PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > My impression, based on historical conversations with the parties > involved is that there are a bunch of hackers who feel that we did > ourselves a disservice by dropping _so much_ backwards compatibility, > specifically with Unix filesystems and desktops, in exchange for > cool ideas. The feeling is that had we traded compatibility for features > less aggressively then there would be many more hackers available to > help write the features since there would be many more hackers who felt > it was possible to live within Sugar. > > This is just an impression, however. For what it's worth, it is also my impression. I have heard similarly from virtually all technically-oriented parties involved. I have heard echos of this from less technical users (e.g. teachers who are confused by the behavior of the journal).
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