RE: Ximian !!!

[Ian Stewart VerizonWireless com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Woodward [mailto:sw-lists onyx net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:46 AM
> To: gnome-pilot-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Ximian !!!
> 
> 
> > This issue has already been covered, and it's not a bug in 
> gnome-pilot,
> > pilot-link, or evolution.
> 
> Covered, as I see, but not really effectively answered, and 
> granted the
> bug may not lie with gnome-pilot, pilot-link or indeed evoltion,
> something which I obviously saw, hence the subject line ! 
> This problem 
> however exists and looking through the archives affects many people.
> This may be an Ximian issue, but are people not concerned 
> about ensuring
> gnome-pilot is distributed in a working form ? 

Is it realistic to expect Eskil and company to be responsible for ensuring
that Ximian ships their value-added derivative in a form that doesn't break
existing installations?  I don't think so, not unless they are being
compensated for their efforts.

> 
> A lot of people are going to be managing their systems 
> through Ximian /
> Red Carpet and people are not going to want to have things repeatedly
> broken,

Ximian has decided to make the latest and greatest versions of the various
Gnome applications available to their client base at the earliest
opportunity.  If somebody is dissatisfied with the relative lack of quality
control this approach encompasses, they are perfectly free to go elsewhere
for their distribution needs.  If enough people do so, either Ximian will
change their practices or another company will serve the needs of those who
value quality over time to market.  This is the nature of the Free Market
system.

> if I was the developer I would be working with Ximian 
> to ensure
> this problem was resolved as a large percentage of my 
> userbase would be
> downloading / trying to use this software through Ximian's 
> distribution
> system.

Gnome-Pilot is an open source application.  You are perfectly free to work
with Ximian to resolve this or any other issue without Eskil's permision.  I
am certain the good folks at Ximian would not turn down the free help.


Regards,
Ian