Re: OpenOffice.org on OS X and GNUstep

[MJ Ray]

John Davidorff Pell <jpell.lists@mac.com> wrote:
> Part of the problem with GNUstep, and almost every Free/Open  
> application, is that there is almost never a major release in the  
> same sense as a major release of a closed-source commercial program  
> that works. [...]

I think you're being far too kind to closed-source commercial programs.
Most of them are just as bad at releasing. They just release to fewer
people, for the most part.

On the positive points, I agree that releasing large version numbers,
(x or x.y form) would help attract users, especially if most user
application developers commit to supporting those releases as long
as reasonable.

I don't think you can compel more developers or rule out bugs, though.

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MJR/slef