Well, it's more a 'good old days' feelings than a real theory. Ie the biggest problem I see with 'Linux on everybody's Desktop' is that it's damaging for the community (due to the fact that the developper / user ratio is getting more and more skewed to the user side whereas 'in the golden days' anyone using Linux was a developper).
More users means more feedback, better software, more users, more developers, more software, more feedback...
More users means more feedback, better software, more users, more developers, more software, more feedback...
Heh, I always love idealists :-)
For me, more users is not always a good thing... Heck, after some time on IRC helping people I am really wondering if I should even continue working on Wine when I see the attitude of most people.
The 'Linux community' of the start where all the people gave something back (useful and advanced bug reports, fixes, help, ...) is being slowly killed by people who choose Linux just because it's free (as in beer) and who do not give back anything.
Lionel (in a bad mood :-) )
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 12:44, Lionel Ulmer wrote:
For me, more users is not always a good thing... Heck, after some time on IRC helping people I am really wondering if I should even continue working on Wine when I see the attitude of most people.
Ah, well users and developers are often one and the same aren't they? The community of developers who give fixes, help etc is growing too, but the userbase is growing faster. That's fine by me, after all, I started out as a user who didn't really know C (on CrossOver!).
The 'Linux community' of the start where all the people gave something back (useful and advanced bug reports, fixes, help, ...) is being slowly killed by people who choose Linux just because it's free (as in beer) and who do not give back anything.
Not killed, not even overwhelmed, just outnumbered. I don't mind, I've asked some pretty dumb questions on IRC at times too :)
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