I hesitate to add more to this thread but I feel compelled to; so here's
my two cents...
The time put into etk is paid by those that work on it; so if they felt
it was worth the time, then let them spend it. They don't HAVE to work
on the syndicated project. Introducing a competitor they way they did
may have been surprising, but it's not illegitimate.
Those "defending" the ewl camp should reconsider consider why they are
so adamant about defending it. If etk is indeed better than the end
user deserves etk. If there are in fact flaws within ewl, then etk
ought to at least help expose those through competition. To censor etk
because you feel threatened is arrogant.
The only foul play that can arise from this is through bias and
advertising. If people become convinced that ewl or etk is better than
the other without basing the claim on facts THAT will cause the project
to suffer. Decisions need to come from clear reasoning and facts.
Introducing etk is not a decision, it is an option, the decision still
needs to be made. Some decisions can be made without creating an
experiment, but jumping to the experiment is OK. Some people like to
think before they experiment; others jump straight to experimenting.
But like I said, it's not like they forced your effort into their
experiment, the few megabytes used in proto aren't going to cause you
suffering. If you don't like it, ignore it, or better yet, explain why
you don't like it or what it lacks or why your design is better.
Like others have stated, competition is generally a good thing, but
cooperation would be even better. Ideally these two projects will be
cooperatively competitive and eventually merge into one or the other.
Though for that to happen people need to calm down first and be
reasonable, as Raster said.
Arlo
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