On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 20:12 +0100, Pieter Palmers wrote:
> The problem with hobby-projects is that users are really dependent on
> the goodwill of the hobbyist. If the hobbyist doesn't feel like
> supporting or developing some piece of software anymore, the user is
> screwed. That's not very professional (<<< !!inflammable term alert!!).
(ahem)
> Some traditional counter-arguments:
> * "When a company stops selling/supporting the user is also screwed".
> True, but if the 'hobbyist' would have to pay his bills with money from
> his users, the 'stop support' decision gets a whole new dimension. If a
> company pulls this off too often, they are out of business in no time.
Or you end up buying an expensive upgrade
> * "The user (or community) has the source and hence development can go
> on". How realistic is this? I've been lurking on the hydrogen
> development list for quite some time now, and when Allesandro (Comix)
> stopped actively developing the complete project stalled. OTOH, I'm also
> lurking on the Mixxx list, and in that case some new people have
> continued the work.
Well, Sean Bolton stopped developing Xsynth-DSSI, and I took it to some
pretty strange places after that. It's pretty easy to get your head
around.
Gordon
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