Don't let people think you shouldn't bother. Everyone loves to put in their opinions but spring was developed by some guy with an idea. Let your ideas evolve. It's all good.
On Feb 23, 6:06 pm, Christian Hvid <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes. This is true. > > The work required from getting something from a working state to a > well-documented, well-tested, solid state is substantial. > > And then there is the promotion / marketing part where you have to > convince your audience of your software's novelties and contribution. > > Anyway I wanted to avoid spending too much time in an effort that > maybe wasn't worthwhile (hence the "is it worth it" thread title). > > So far I am getting a massive "don't bother". > > And that was exactly the kind of feedback I had hope for. > > :-D > > This is a useful internal library but doesn't necessarily make a good > open source project. > > On Feb 22, 11:45 pm, Christian Catchpole <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have long since given up trying to promote half developed open > > source. It turned me into a spammer and I don't think it helped > > anyone. I can only suggest that you keep working on it. Perhaps > > suggest to your direct friends they could give it a go. > > > If it has an edge over the alternatives, then it should (could / > > might) take off. > > > On Feb 23, 12:21 am, Christian Hvid <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > But since it is incredibly hard for a new open source project to gain > > > traction I would like to figure out whether it is interesting enough > > > first. > > > > -- Christian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
