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	silvermountain	2009-08-14 , 22:14
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Originally Posted by nwerneck

The idea that a software needs to be always evolving with more and more enhancements and in a continuous development is a marketing trick. Programs can be a single tool that does a certain job and never changes much. Look at xchat for example. Conboy is an application I like much, and I don't expect to see any changes in it. What updates does Hex-a-hop need? Skype itself. It already calls. Great! No video... But that is not "our" fault.

Point is that there is a multitude of applications that are developed to 60-70%, being posted about and discussed and used by many. Then..nothing.

There is an another slew of applications that works well to 95% but with an annoying bug. Developer is gone.

Do I have to use them? No - but sometimes they are the only way to get an application for a particular purpose on the NIT.

Would I have preferred ONE application developed by company X and paid $25 bucks for it rather than four applications that ends up unfinished? Yes. Thing is I also love the community development spirit and to try out new applications - I just wish that there was a mechanism to ensure some level of continuity/contingency of community developed app. Sure open source but honestly that seems to be applicable in these situations in rather rare cases.

It just feels that it's a constant playground with players that gets bored and moves on - and a 'host' [Nokia] that is not willing to provide a) updates to the existing applications or b) new developments.

I'm a NIT user just like you. Granted only with close to 3 months of NIT experience and ZERO Unix experience before I came here. My views are just as valid and I would not be surprised if my frustration is shared by others like me.

Originally Posted by nwerneck

Can you even speak Finnish so we can try to swear them in their native language?

No but I speak Swedish and lived in Helsinki for a year.

Originally Posted by nwerneck

If I had a program, and people gave me money because of that program, I would not feel and kind of obligation to continue development, perhaps even to fix bugs.

Sorry but I stopped reading your post after that as I don't think there is a common platform.

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Last edited by silvermountain; 2009-08-14 at 22:21.

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