Marc Sherman;224561 Wrote: > erland wrote: > > > > IMO the problem isn't the open source model, the problem is that > there > > needs to be a single person/group that decides how all users wants > it > > to work. > > > > As you have already said, the current SlimServer tries to make > everyone > > happy, the result is that it makes some advanced users happy by > allowing > > a lot of different configuration options. The side effect of this is > of > > course that the simple users get confused of all the options. > > That actually is a very common problem in open source projects; if > someone's writing code for free, it can be difficult to tell them "but > > you have to do it this way, not that way," or even worse, "no, we don't > > want that, because it doesn't fit with our project goals." It's a > difficult balance to strike. > Of course, an open source project doesn't necessary have to be developed by people that doesn't get paid for their work. SlimServer is an example of this as most of the SlimServer developement has been done by SlimDevices/Logitech employees.
But your point is still valid because this certainly is a problem in many open source projects, the result is that many open source applications often work better for advanced users compared to first time users. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and RandomPlayList plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38090 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
