On 7/14/11 3:38 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On 07/14/2011 09:53 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Frantisek Hanzlik<franta@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Tim wrote: >> Now, back to what I said earlier. YOU, the Linux user, have a CHOICE >> of desktop/window managers. >> YOU should avail yourself of this >> feature. If you want to 'resurect' Gnome2, you are more than welcome >> to. It is after all, GPL/LGPL licensed and you should be free to spin >> off whatever you want. However, do not expect the Gnome support team >> to help in your efforts. > YOU, the Gnome devs, should learn that you have turned the product we > loved into an entirely different product and are not addressing us - > your users' demands - anymore. If you even THINK that the current breed of developers CARE about what the user base wants/needs, you are living in dream-land. I work with a product that had a HUGE installed user base that ran nothing but SUN Solaris. The company decided that they would go after a non-existent Windows Server user base. They lost about 1/2 of their user base and they are not coming back, ever. However, this company now has MORE installed copies of their product with massive licensing/support income. I stand by what I said based on PAST experience. You can leave, the developers don't care. They want the 5% that say "I don't like xxxx operating system and would move to Linux but it is so damn hard to work with". That will definitely increase the number of users that will work with their product. They don't want to re-learn how to work their computers. I know that WE don't like that, but we now know who is the target audience. And like you, I'm upset that Gnome2 was dropped like a rock. That means one less OPTION to select. However, the developers might feel they can only support one windowing system. James -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
