On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 19:27, Billy Biggs wrote: > Personally I see this as the 'flaw' with free software: most of it is > code first and application second. And I'm totally ok with that, although > it's awkward to read posts from users who expect things to work the other > way around. I just don't see the large number of hobbyist programmers > becoming product manager hobbyists any time soon, despite how badly the > linux userbase wants that. :)
Exactly. I mean, I'm happy to let others use my software, but ultimately I write it because I want a tool to do a particular thing. If people want useability features etc.. then really someone's going to have to pay for it. I don't see how anyone could have the time it takes to polish a piece of software with no compensation. What would be really good is if people donated money to the projects they find useful (paypal/nochex), because I sure as hell dont see the major distros supporting media apps development any time soon. Maybe that's what's needed - a distributor making music systems, who can then put money back into the apps. Well, a man can dream... Nick _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
