On Jun 29, 2008, at 3:45 PM, Scott Bussinger wrote:
> >> Why is this a problem. We develop Trac to provide people with the >> tools, it really doesn't matter if they don't know what Trac is. >> Brand >> identity issues matter much less in a FOSS world, where money isn't a >> concern. > > Absolutely it's a concern. I have many, many hours invested into using > Trac as a solution. As the old adage says, "Time is money". Whether > something takes a lot of time or it takes a lot of money, it's > expensive. If Trac were to fail and stop being developed, I'd have to > move to an alternate solution and that would entail many more hours of > time spent. Let me use myself as a specific example. We originally > started using a version control system called TLIB (around 1989). > Later we switched to CVS because we needed more modern features. Most > recently we moved to Subversion. We converted all of the revision > history from one system to the next. Making those moves was expensive > even though both CVS and Subversion were FOSS. You misunderstand. I, as a Trac developer, do not care if the end user sees something branded "Trac" or something branded "Super-Mega- Enterprise Project Awesomeness X9". I will just keep working on Trac as I always do. If the rebranded project gets the tools I make into the hands of developers, my mission has been accomplished. If you are looking for glory and fame, FOSS really is not the right place to do it. --Noah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Development" 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/trac-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
