On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 03:18:04PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Its become clear that ease-of-use and ease-of-installation are
> probably the most important things gnucash should strive for. That
> said, I would like to see advanced features focusing on investment
> tracking, home-equity type features, bill-pay & on-line banking etc.
> In that sense, I want to encourage as much technology commonality &
> interoperability as possible without loosing sight of the original
> objective, viz ease-of-use & ease-of-install.
I just about wet my pants when I read this. I agree completely about
this direction for Gnu Cash.
As for Gnu Cash being an official part of the Gnu project, my attitude
is "whatever." I'm actually quite disollutioned with the pedantic
nature of Gnu ideology. But, if everybody wants to do the GNU thing
I'd probably fall in line for the sake of getting the program done.
> But ultimately, what happens is up to those who actually do the
> work, write the code, and due to the volunteer nature of it all,
> there is no way to force people into doing other than what they feel
> like...
I won't say GnuCash is as sexy as the Linux kernel, but you should see
how many patches Linus Torvalds turns away. The kernel has been a
success precisely _because_ he retains such tight control on the
direction of the kernel and the kinds of changes he'll accept.
So, I'm hoping you don't fall into a trap of accepting bad patches on
a "any patch is better than no patch" theory.
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