[Lazarus] The future of desktop

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Sven Barth wrote:

>> If Lazarus could address even a few of the major issues, I think it
>> would become the dominant programming tool of the Middle East. I thing
>> that's significant.
> 
> I know it sounds harsh, but: patches are accepted. In Open Source one 
> mostly investigates in problems that oneself is interested in. Afterall 
> most developers are working on such projects in their free time. So if 
> you want something implemented then either implement it yourself or find 
> someone else to implement it for you (e.g. by putting up a bounty or by 
> finding some kind soul that would implement it).

Or at the very least by setting out in a clear fashion what you consider 
the problems to be, describing how they can be fixed in a cross-platform 
manner, and why they're sufficiently compelling as to require immediate 
work to the possible detriment of the remainder of the project.

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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