> > If "we" want increase the number of outsiders to be part of the > ecosystem, then do it on our terms > > :-) > > You can't do it *all *on your terms. Because nobody would come at all. But > you can have what's important to you.
Not true :-) Exhibit 1A: RMS. He has his supporters. You may quibble about their numbers, but you just wrote nobody :-). And I care about the dedication and abilities of the community members, not the absolute numbers. I think this is contagion from the corporate world. For a company, be it Apple or Canonical, sheer numbers matter, as their accountants believe that each user equals some dollar value. A community is different, the value of a person is the contribution they make. Thus writing a desktop which hides everything from the users is a loss - a novice will never graduate to being a contributer. Themable/customisable desktops are one of the quickest, easiest ways of getting the novice interested in the internals - showing them the possibility that the system could be theirs. regards marc _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
