----- Original Message ----- From: Gaston Krasnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 05:50:30 -0800 (PST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [XFree86] Death of the XFree86 project? > When will the official death of the XFree86 project be announced? > It seems that XFree86 releases are decades apart. I remembered it once > said on the site that XFree86 4.3.0 was to be released in May 2002. > Much later on it was announced it would be presented in January 2003. > If it's going like this I am looking forward to my great great grandchildren > using XFree86 5.0. We'll all be dead by the time XFree reaches the 5th > version. > > Typical open source. Delays, delays and more delays. Oh and did I mention > delays? I dont' expect XFree86 to die anytime soon. In fact, I wouldn't expect it to die as it's being already used in many places. Also, I don't see the problem here with release dates. This is not commercial software, so no marketing or other tactics apply. Software is released when it's ready, and if takes a lot of time to release a new version, maybe it's due to the fact that people do it cause they want, without earning money, not to keep stakeholders happy. So if you want to help, donate money or better yet, help them with coding so they can release faster. So, are you waiting for any specific feature? Why do you complain then? If you think Open Source Software needs to release software at a fast pace, then you've chosen the wrong side. Go with commercial parties: they will charge you for software, for buggy software and they associated marketing campaigns. In OSS, things work a little different. Cheers! -- ______________________________________________ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr
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