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

[Doug Loss <dloss@csrlink.net>]

Kyle Burton wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.

In fact, that's generally the attitude of most of us here, I think.  I
know I'm here because I find this interesting, and because I'd like to
see Linux used more widely in education, both in schools and at home. 
My first interest was getting "edutainment" software for Linux for my 6
(now 7) year old son, but I've put that on the back burner due to the
demonstrated desire of most of the people here to concentrate on
scholastic education.

One of the things seul-edu has taken as its goals is to discover Linux
software already in existence that has or could have educational uses. 
gperiodic clearly fits that goal.

Roman is only one voice among many here, even though his views are
passionately held and stated. There are many development models that can
be used; some are more appropriate for commercial software (this is
Roman's perspective, I believe), and some are more appropriate to
community-developed software.  There's no reason we should try to force
every project we're associated with into the Procrustean bed of a single
development model.  As someone in China once said, "Let a thousand
flowers bloom."

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Doug Loss                 A life spent making mistakes is not only
Data Network Coordinator  more honorable, but more useful than a
Bloomsburg University     life spent doing nothing.
dloss@bloomu.edu                G. B. Shaw