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Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community
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Alan Mead |
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Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community |
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Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:20 -0600 |
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On 3/3/2016 11:54 AM, Mark Hancock wrote:
> I actually do get the sense that the devs here care about the Windows
> experience, but just don't have the resources to test it. It's also
> been noted that all the devs use some Linux-based OS exclusively, and
> because open source projects naturally are motivated by personal
> priorities, there is an underlying tendency to notice and fix things
> in Linux first.
I agree (both with this comment and Mark's perception that PSPP could be
seen as "GNU/Linux first").
I agree also that the remedy is more involvement from Windows users and
programmers.
-Alan
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- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., (continued)
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Alan Mead, 2016/03/02
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Ben Pfaff, 2016/03/02
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Mark Hancock, 2016/03/03
- PSPP is not a "linux first" community, John Darrington, 2016/03/03
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community, Mark Hancock, 2016/03/03
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community, Ben Pfaff, 2016/03/03
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community,
Alan Mead <=
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community, Frans Houweling, 2016/03/03
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community, Alan Mead, 2016/03/03
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community, Friedrich Beckmann, 2016/03/04
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community, John Darrington, 2016/03/04
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community, Ben Pfaff, 2016/03/04
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community, John Darrington, 2016/03/04
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community, Ben Pfaff, 2016/03/04
- Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community, Alan Mead, 2016/03/04
- GLM [was Re: PSPP is not a "linux first" community], John Darrington, 2016/03/06
Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Harry Thijssen, 2016/03/02