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 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
