Re: Open source WO - offer

On Sep 4, 2006, at 7:38 AM, Matt Kime wrote:

>> Also, please do not assume I am writing this because I never thought
>> of all these problems. Many years ago I and few friends took GNUstep
>> from Paul Kunz and enhanced and maintained it. For few years the
>> GNUstep website was running on my HP/Gecko station running OpenStep.
>> I was also one of the maintainers of the MiscKit. Exactly these
>> experiences are the source of my pessimistic view on opening the
>> sources...
>
> Could you elaborate on your experiences? I'm very interested and I'm
> sure others are as well.

Matt,

One word - commitment. I was spending about 2 h every day on it. So  
did other IndexKit or GNU folks. One would think two ours of your  
free time is a lot. Perhaps, it is, but it is nevertheless not enough  
to keep it going.

Georg Tuparev
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