[Compcomm] [Re: The Next Step]

[RYX]

Taking the risk to repeat myself, I will quote myself :D ... Either my
previous mail didn't make it through or this is another case of simply
ignoring important arguments in favor of a salesman-show ...

What benefit does it give ANYONE, if the forum-software is NOT chosen in
a way to ensure we have people working on it and help improving it?

Why is it so difficult to let the professionals, long time
web-developers and php-coders who are offering to "care and code" (and
already proved to be able to do so in form of the beryl/compiz forums)
let have the say in this decisison - especially since they agree with
the community's majority-vote?

What benefit does it give the community (or anyone) if the
forum-software is chosen in a way that all professional web-devs refuse
to work on it because it is not free and open? Will, are you alone going
to write plugins, create the themes, integrate the forum with the rest
of the site - whenever there are any things to do? I doubt.

Again: This has _nothing_ to do with emotion - it is pure logic. I don't
see the smallest reason or motivation to work on a commercial piece of
software if I don't get a cent paid for it and I won't be able to re-use
what I learned. If I work on free software, I feel good to just
contribute without getting paid and learn a lot. That's maybe not
understandable for non-developers, otherwise we wouldn't have to argue
about something so obvious ...

(Sorry for repeating me but this discussion is done with a very false
argumentation - but of course, only the OSS-fans are acting emotional
and for their own morality ;) ...)

Rico