----- Original Message -----
> From: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
>
> AMEN.
>
>
> I have been complaining about this for a while, and am --><-- this close
> to making a tshirt, or even a big banner with
>
> "I AM A USER TOO"
>
> on it.
>
> An open source project CANNOT ignore "open source enthusiast" (note
> that I do not limit myself to "coders") as one of its key
> constituencies/targets.... even if the market share of those for your product
> might be low, these are the people that
> - tell you what is wrong with your product rather than just walking away
> - send you cohesive bugreports
> - ... often in "diff -u" form
> - translate for you
> - tell all their friends how cool this device is and that they should get one
> too
> - influence the high-tech press, which in turn influences the mainstream press
>
> I know that some people think that the "early adopter" is dead in this
> day and age, but I am not convinced of that yet.
>
>
> I also know that some people think that there is an exclusive-OR between
> "the user" and "the open source enthusiast".
> Nothing is more from the truth. Even Apple gets this right and makes an OS
> that
> is surprisingly usable by hardcore open source hackers.
>
A huge +1 Arjan. That says it all IMO.
Randy
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