Am 11.02.2012 10:40, schrieb thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi: >> Best of all, the new features are based on user community requests, and >> > not driven by economic incentives. Some of these features are already in >> > the works for the next FG release [give continuity message about the >> > development] > That'd be suspiciously close to dishonest advertizing. I spend a fair > share of my forum time explaining to angry/disappointed/overeager users > that feature requests are suggestions which often end up being discussed, > but more rarely end up being implemented, and rather that an army of eager > developers waiting for features to be proposed, features usually get > implemented if a developer is interested in implementing them (so the best > strategy to get something done is to get a developer interested, not by > just complaining...). > > As far as I am aware, the development is mostly driven by what developers > are interested in, not by user community requests (which sort of makes > sense in an all-volunteer community), and unless there is a formal > commitment of core developers on the horizon to devote part of their time > to work through feature requests, I would not advertize such a line - it's > going to backfire on the project.
+1 Every free, open source project is really driven by active community _participation_, not so much by (passive) user's _requests_. In general, it's not even a matter of economic incentives, though this may be the case with FG. But you can see it with Linux kernel development: loads of companies and individuals involved, all pushing the project forward - each with their own private fun or economic interests. What really matters to an OS project is the community effort and the option for everyone to get involved. Even if this results in the mentioned "group hug" :) - I think that'd be the really important point to stress, when hinting a comparison with MS Plight (oops, typo ;-) ). cheers, Thorsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
