Re: Kickstarter was not successful... but it did help things...

[Doc O'Leary]

In article <mailman.9900.1387634621.10748.discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>,
 Ivan Vuãica <ivan@vucica.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Doc O'Leary <
> droleary@7usenet2013.subsume.com> wrote:
> 
> > Point being, *is* a desktop environment the
> > kind of dogfood that is a priority at this point, or is some other
> > "type" of need going to provide the most bang for the buck?
> 
> 
> A consistent user experience will be what tells developers what their apps
> should look like, and provide a direction for the project. Build it and
> they shall come.

Consistent with *what*, though?  Most users want something that behaves 
like other apps on their preferred platform.  Part of the promise of 
OpenStep was to provide an abstract enough framework to provide that.  
That probably isn't universally possible with all the niche 
distributions that are out there today.

So *if* the position of GNUstep is that I have to run a particular 
system configuration to get that "consistent" experience, it needs to be 
fully expressed and supported by the project.  And, no, you can't then 
expect users will come just because you built it.

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