On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 01:03:13AM +0100, Cesare Marilungo wrote: > my suggestion is to keep working on Jack Rack. Don't pay too much > attention to what other software is around. Don't think in terms of > competition. > > Some users will always prefer your software, some will be attracted by > om or other programs. Or they'll use both, but for different tasks. Wise words IMHO. A user may prefer one program over another because it suits his/her way of working, for performance reasons, for simplicity or for complexity, or maybe just because how it looks. You can't predict this. If you make something that works for you, and it's technically sound and stable, then others will use it. > Open source is also about choice. Choice and diversity. Some authors will copy the functionality and look and feel of popular windoze apps, some will go for no-compromise performance, some make things that are very specialised, and others create things that are just crazy. They all have their place. -- FA