Robert Kiesling wrote:
That's because, although the GNU project strictly - and correctly,
experience has shown - monitors its code base, with the propagation
of the Free Software development model, newer Free Software
contributors who maintain their code on sites like sourceforge.net,
are subject to commercial pressures that the older, ivory-tower
authors in general are shielded from.
It's impossible to convince someone who wants your "niche" for a
quickie IPO that maintaining code for more than two or three years
is worth the investment.
I don't treally understand this commment, we are talking about
improving the maintainability here, and what people are saying
is that some other parts of the project have already moved in
this direction.
