Re: Ok, http://gperiodic.seul.org exists

[Kyle Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>]

> If you can't cover the program's classroom usage before you write the 
> product then you shouldn't even try to write the product. What's the point 
> of producing a product when you have no idea as to whether the idea is 
> suitable or not?

I wrote gperiodic because I thought it might be fun.  I had no ulterior
motives of replacing a commercial product, or even producing an educational
peice of software.  I did it to learn gtk+ (gui programming under Linux).

The fact that other people (seul-edu, and others) found it useful is great,
and I appricaite the feedback and space that was given to the project.
My goal with the free software projects I'm involved in is my own enjoyment,
when other people find use for the stuff, all the better, but my main
goal is to enjoy what I'm doing.

Unfortunatly I can only do development in my spare time (as I don't get paid
to work on gperiodic), so if the suggestions/improvements aren't something
I think would be interesting to work on, I probably won't do it.

If this goes against the grain of what seul-edu stands for, then I am
sorry for wasting all of your time.  If my attitude is inappropriate, I
will gladly return the space for the website/ftp/cvs archive, and you will
be free to use gperiodic, and do with it as you wish.  I'll just continue
to tinker with it on my own, from it's original home.

Please help the developers help you.  Keep them interested.

Sorry for the emotional response.

thanks for your time,
Kyle


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