[RANT] Come on people! ;)

Stéphane Rollandin lecteur at zogotounga.net
Thu Dec 16 17:49:03 UTC 2004


>>To put this into the right view we have to think about the question: Who 
>>will use Squeak? and not: What do I personally like?
> 
> 
> No. :) In fact - we do not *have* to do anything. Open source just
> doesn't work that way, not in my experience.
> Everyone focus on what they personally like and that is *all right*.
> 
> 
>>or: What may this 
>>community like? Serving the biggest group will grow and therefore 
>>advance Squeak the most and at the end of the day benefit each of us the 
>>most.
> 
> 
> Nope. :) There simply is no incentive for us to try to "serve the
> biggest group".
> My motivation for working on Squeak is not to attract as many people as
> possible. Definitely not.
> It is to make Squeak the most exquisite computing tool that I can
> imagine *for my needs*.


hey goran, no offend intended, but reading this exchange makes me feel 
that you should resign as a Guide. or what is a Guide then ? please read 
again your own words, and I expect you will find you were a bit too far 
here :)


regards,

Stef



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