Hi David,
> There is definitely a possibility of maintaining a development group at
> MIT, funding permits. Do you think that is a better venue than an
> external open source project? Is it more trustworthy?
>
Not more trustworthy but where ever the code resides it would be good to have a
core of developers who can control the code base, especially until the it's
comfortably sitting in the Open Source community. I have to say that Open
Source contributors (like myself) tend to be good at debugging and tweaking to
fix/add bits of functionality but this can lead to inconsistencies in the code.
For a successful project you still need some people to ensure that the code
develops as a whole and this means maintaining and improving the architecture
and ensuring any changes adhere to that architecture, to avoid developing some
Frankenstein monster.
I have to say that in the end I'm not a UI developer and so I'm unlikely to
make much of a contribution to Exhibit, however I am very interested in seeing
if it can be taken forward in the ways recently discussed here (re Backstage).
I would have also thought that given the interest Exhibit has created in its
short life it offers a very good opportunity for MIT to get a lot of quality
publicity and this would convince the bods with the cheque books to fund
further development, at least in the short term.
N
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