:: Re: [DNG] Drive-by critique
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Autor: spiralofhope
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A: dng
Asunto: Re: [DNG] Drive-by critique
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:14:39 -0800
Rick Moen <rick@???> wrote:

> If you want to have more devs, you need to attract a larger
> userbase.
>
> I'm surprised to see Eric advance this non-sequitur. Open source
> projects attract developers because their needs and objectives (or the
> needs and objectives of their employers, which amounts to the same
> thing) are met and served.


Sure, some users will help in their own way, if only to encourage, but
signal:noise increases.

Hell, sometimes having more users will _drive away_ devs, because of
real or perceived pressures.