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Ah, another missive from a software developer who regards users as a mere annoyance, just discovered Machiavelli, and favors intuition over feedback from those

Ah, another missive from a software developer who regards users as a mere annoyance, just discovered Machiavelli, and favors intuition over feedback from those users (because intuition always trumps evidence, unless you're A/B testing the color of your "sign up now!" button, in which case evidence always trumps intuition). Never seen anything like this before. If you like Gnome, great. If you don't like Gnome, you should use something else. Arguing this old subject hasn't yet accomplished anything, and there are plenty of alternatives available now. (I really like KDE4.) If project developers are genuinely screwing their pooch, then a stampede to alternatives will convince them far more thoroughly than even the most well-crafted internet argument. If there's no stampede, then people are just arguing personal preferences in the face of popular preferences, and they'd still be better off switching to something else. Save passionate arguing for situations in which it can do some good.

wmil 13y ago
> If you like Gnome, great. If you don't like Gnome, you should use something else. Arguing this old subject hasn't yet accomplished anything, and there are plenty of alternatives available now. (I really like KDE4.) The problem is that a lot of people liked Gnome2 but dislike Gnome3. They feel betrayed because the Gnome team killed their favorite desktop environment on a whim, and that sort of thing isn't supposed to happen with open source. Due to Gnome 2 / 3 name conflicts maintaining Gnome 2 is fairly difficult. Basically the Gnome devs wanted to go in a new direction and are abusing their powers to kill off the old product. Users have legitimate reason to to upset.
- shadowfox 13y ago
  The take it or fork it mentality is pretty entrenched in many opensource projects. So that is not really surprising. (Of course this is not always practical; but hey, people online argue philosophy over practicality, right :P)

wmil 13y ago

> If you like Gnome, great. If you don't like Gnome, you should use something else. Arguing this old subject hasn't yet accomplished anything, and there are plenty of alternatives available now. (I really like KDE4.) The problem is that a lot of people liked Gnome2 but dislike Gnome3. They feel betrayed because the Gnome team killed their favorite desktop environment on a whim, and that sort of thing isn't supposed to happen with open source. Due to Gnome 2 / 3 name conflicts maintaining Gnome 2 is fairly difficult. Basically the Gnome devs wanted to go in a new direction and are abusing their powers to kill off the old product. Users have legitimate reason to to upset.

shadowfox 13y ago
The take it or fork it mentality is pretty entrenched in many opensource projects. So that is not really surprising. (Of course this is not always practical; but hey, people online argue philosophy over practicality, right :P)