On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 08:16 -0400, Larry Stotler wrote:
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Adam Tauno Williams
False; you don't understand the nature of mail lists. There is no evidence of 'lot of "customers"', there is evidence of a very vocal group of undetermined size [that doesn't look that large to me]. Remember that web forums and mail lists *strongly* trend negative [and toward the discontented; those without issues... *do not post*] and that things like web site 'polls' are merely examples of self-selected-demographic. Ah yes, statistics are only good if you can use them to support your view.
False. Statistics are only good if they are valid; which is hard; so most aren't.
The simple fact is that a large number of KDE3 users have either given up and switched to KDE4(reluctantly) or have started using Gnome or some of the other desktops, OR are still using 11.0/11.1 or newer to keep what works(like myself).
Source?
And maybe, just maybe, someone who has invested man-years into a code-base knows a little more something about it then a given "customer". A "customer" who doesn't begin with that assumption is just an idiot - because, of course, that's true. There's more to investment than $$.
True, and then there is the "man-years" of time [see above].
Many of us have talked up open source and linux since we started using it.
Honestly, that is a paltry "investment". That is just throwing your
spare change into the jar. What's the old saying? "Talk is cheap.
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Adam Tauno Williams