Re: [PLUG] OSX "middleware"?

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

Tobias DiPasquale wrote:

> On Feb 27, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Art Alexion wrote:
>
> >> Is there any reason to believe that the oss model avoids some of 
> the marketing dominance over engineering?
>
>
> No. Just look at Firefox: non-technical people weren't flocking to it 
> in droves until they ran that full-pager (or was it a two-pager) in 
> the NYT Sunday Edition a while back. No matter how good something is, 
> people have to become aware of it before it will be used.


Right, but that is the commercial model -- where future development and 
maintenance depends on market share.  But part of the OSS model is that 
development may not depend on market share.  A handful of committed 
users may be all that is needed for a small project to continue.


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