[forum] Re: XFree86 4.4.0 RC3

[Andrew C Aitchison]

> On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Paul Vojta wrote:
> > As they say in business, ``the customer is always right.''
 
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Marc Aurele La France wrote:
> Bingo!  About time somebody woke up.  XFree86 is _not_ a customer-oriented
> organisation.  It is developer-oriented.  That business models have been
> based on XFree86 is _their_ problem, not ours.

Ah, yes. <fx lightbulb/>
This explains a large part of tension that led up to the split last year.
(Not all - some of the tension was between X server developers and Desktop 
developers, and some may have been personal).

If XFree86 wishes to remain developer-oriented, it should welcome
the fork and be happy that someone else is making a customer-oriented
product from our work (but should not be upset if we don't recognise
(parts of) the result).

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As a developer, I'm proud to be part of developer-oriented project.
As a user, I want a customer-oriented product.

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Andrew C. Aitchison					Cambridge
			A.C.Aitchison@ntlworld.com