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

[Doc O'Leary]

In article <mailman.6847.1385141995.10748.discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>,
 Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> wrote:

> Well, it is not that you can just make something mobile. It is a hard 
> task, see the myStep project, which is our mobile-cousin, with a 
> different approach than iOS and which i find interesting!

It's not the technology I'm faulting, it's the narrative.  GNUstep has 
to modernize its message if it wants to reach people, both developers 
and users.

> About the lack of a VM image, you (and others) have been pointed to

I don't recall being pointed to anything.  More importantly, you should 
be pointing *me* to anything, you should be pointing *everyone* who 
visits gnustep.org to the best-practices the community can offer.  Right 
now, it is very much the message of "here's the tech; you figure it 
out", exactly the kind of poor experience that turns people off from 
open software.

> But don't spread negativity.

Do you want things to get better or not?  If so, you need to stop 
looking to silence those who point out what is wrong.  I am a scientist.  
Criticism is inherent to what we do.  Sentiments such as yours are 
embarrassingly juvenile.

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