RE: What about changing the rules?

[Andy Dent <dent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I agree with you that the finishing touches are important like documentation
>and packaging. If the group makes money, we can have people working on this.

This"finishing touches" attitude is why the user interface and packaging of
open source software lags so far behind.

If you want an open source project to be a success then you need to recruit
from very early days people to write documentation, user interface
designers etc.

Learn lessons from shrink-wrap software, don't just demonize the producers.
A well-rounded package comes out of a team that includes more than just
programmers.

If you're truly being inventive about a new form of open-source
organisation then don't assume just the hard-core programming community
will be interested.

good luck

Andy Dent BSc MACS AACM, Software Designer, A.D. Software, Western Australia
OOFILE - Database, Reports, Graphs, GUI for c++ on Mac, Unix & Windows
PP2MFC - PowerPlant->MFC portability
http://www.oofile.com.au/


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