On May 9, 2009, at 8:52 AM, David C. Kerber wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Doty >> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 10:26 AM >> To: gEDA user mailing list >> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: fritzing >> >> >> On May 9, 2009, at 7:31 AM, David C. Kerber wrote: >> >>> Does it really matter *why* they use any given OS? You >> still need to >>> make it relatively easy for them to use your software if >> you want to >>> grow it market. >> >> But we're not trying to sell this software to consumers. Our >> interest is in recruiting users who will participate in its >> further development. Our payback is having better tools to > > But they have to be users before they can become contributers. >
OK, so why don't *you* create a Windows package? Our experience is that *everybody* who asks for a Windows package here expects somebody else to do the work for free. That certainly doesn't encourage effort in this direction. It reinforces the impression that there are essentially no Windows users willing to contribute. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [email protected] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
