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The Open Web: KDE frees the web from the browser

The Open Web: KDE frees the web from the browser

Posted Oct 15, 2009 18:49 UTC (Thu) by boudewijn (subscriber, #14185)
In reply to: The Open Web: KDE frees the web from the browser by nye
Parent article: The Open Web: KDE frees the web from the browser

Flaming? I wouldn't call what I said flaming -- just expressing being fed up with people complaining about completely unrelated things in reaction to announcements.

It's quite the fashion these days to make that sort of remark, but it makes me sick. And it shows a complete lack of understanding of the way a large volunteer-driven free software project works: it is made up of many individuals, who all work on what they find interesting, and any request to reallocate effort from one sub-project to another to gratify the poster is mere pointy-haired-bossiness. Fine, this subproject is of no interest to Mtk -- what's the problem? There are tens of thousands of projects that don't fix Mtk's bugs -- will he or she post a complaint with every announcement?

If mtk is interested in terminal emulation, he or she should get involved. I know it's an unpopular message these days, but it's the only way forward. Pay up or submit patches but don't whine in the comments section of a website.


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