9 Jun
2004
9 Jun
'04
9:38 p.m.
On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 01:19, Jan Depner wrote:
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 18:08, Fernando Pablo
Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
I'm missing something. Which app? What is untrue? What I just wrote? Let
the developers speak, please. So far they are saying what I stated, more
or less. Now, if what the developers themselves say does not matter, or
if you know their (our) minds better than ourselves then this is all
rather pointless.
As far as I'm concerned, Fernando has hit the nail on the head. I
think Marek is talking about Ardour, but I doubt if Paul's total
motivation is monetary return.
In case anybody here is using evolution to post on lad.
That application was driven by the same factors that drive most sw apps
today. User demand, marketing niche. All there. Result?
Since 1.2 it was the most stable and perfect application i've ever seen.
Fast, robust, export/import of mailboxes with tons of emails with no
problems, easy searches, easy and fast managing of multiple accounts,
easy to add filters (without digging manuals), virtual folders, and
more... Much better job than outlook has ever done.
Why? Because it's enterprise ready. And it shows.
Marek
Most probably you will find out (when/if other developers care to speak
out) that this view is shared by many, if not all, developers, and not
just in the audio world. Great projects in the open source community
usually happen when a motivated individual or group _needs_ something.
It is not the needs of the world (usually), or "user demand", or the
desire to fill or create a marketing niche, it is their need.
That is very untrue, and evolution and the motivations behind that app
prove that.