Re: when companies join over free software projects

[Ettore Perazzoli <ettore helixcode com>]

> I do not think that Ettore was happy with it, and I do not think he
> would have agreed to do it this way had Helix Code not been around.
> That's why I say there was management pressure.  The worst thing was
> the non-openness.

Well, the discussions were private, but the final decisions were made
public and approved by the community. I think the whole deal was really
good for GNOME, and I am glad I and Miguel and Nat invested our time to
make it happen.

>     Maciej> Ettore was the one working on gnome-fm; and he was the one
>     Maciej> who wanted to bring Eazel in. Perhaps he felt pressured by
>     Maciej> his management, but this is the first I've heard of it, if
>     Maciej> so.
> 
> I can state that that's what I heard, and I have no doubts that he was
> unhappy, but it is really his place to say that.

I was unhappy because I had to give up my pet project, but that's it. I
knew I had to do it. I still wish I had more time to help development of
Nautilus sometimes, but you just cannot do everything, and Evolution is
a lot of fun too.

Helix Code's strategy was to focus on the mail application and not the
file manager, and I knew that from the start. It was my own decision to
stay with Helix Code and work on Evolution; nor Helix Code nor Eazel can
be blamed for that.

-- 
Ettore