2005/12/11, M. Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 18:38:34 PM +0100, Gianluca Turconi > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > There's is no evidence the open source model can scale for desktop > > applications. At the same time, there's no evidence it cannot. > > We're talking about assumptions (clues) and not evidences. > > 90% or more of the current users of: web browsers, email clients, > office productivity suites, IM clients, MP3/video players and similar > are and will remain unable to ever contribute in any way to their > development for any combination of the reasons I listed in previous > posts. What do you call this assertion, clue or evidence, that is a > fact of life?
The open source model is not damaged by the huge non-programming user group. It would however be bad if there was no group of programmers as well. And 500 extra programmers (the maximum according to Andrew) looks like quite a good base to me. > > from your words it seems FOSS projects have the *duty* to satisfy > > whatever need of whatever user. > > No, I don't think so at all, sorry for the misunderstanding. FOSS > developers or projects do *not* have that duty (just to stick to OO.o, > I've criticized repeatedly the several request to include email, > calendaring and what not) > > What I mean is only that FOSS developers (as well as very advanced > users like you and me) *do* have the duty to remember in any moment > that "with enough eyes all bugs are shallow", "if there's the source, > you too can fix it" and similar raymondisms have much less meaning > and validity today. Just if you let the number of non-programming users affect the model. Why should you? <snip> /$ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
