I take issue with the idea that if every developer was pulling in the same direction we would be somewhere better than where we are now. I view the diversity a

I take issue with the idea that if every developer was pulling in the same direction we would be somewhere better than where we are now. I view the diversity and freedom in Foss projects as a feature, not a bug. First off, assuming you got a group of people together who agree that they should all pull in the same direction, who gets to decide which direction that is? Why that person, and not this person? Secondly, speaking for myself only, being told to work on projects I'm not interested in will produce sub par work and will drain my motivation to both work with that team and the project itself. Everyone has a different idea on what it would take to get to the Year Of The Linux Desktop, call me when you reach consensus on what exactly the requirements for that project are. Not to be cynical but reaching consensus seems like the biggest blocker, the fact that there are people pulling in multiple directions I think is a symptom of this problem.