Re: [Evolution] open letter to Ximian Evo team: RH 6.2 blues

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel ximian com>]

> I disagree. Ximian is a company, not a charity. If they want to
> survive in the long run they must attract paying customers. I don't
> know their intended business model in full detail, but from what I
> have read I would assume that they expect eventually to impress people
> enough with the quality of their software and *with their
> responsiveness to customers* that customers will be lining up to pay
> them for support. 

Please wait for Evolution 1.0 to be released if you are looking for a
commercial grade application.  The Evolution snapshots that we are
pushing out are previews of what is coming out.

> Their responsiveness to early access customers is a measure of their
> priorities, and of how likely they will be to respond to customers
> (even paying ones) in the future.

Not really.  We are building our teams, and the only fully formed team
currently is the developer team.  

Miguel.