2011-01-06, 05:06 AM
You start an open source project. Get a nice team to help you work on it.
Why did you start the project? Because you simply like the idea, and want to do it.
Why open source? Because you feel "hell, why shouldn't I release this?" or because you started this project with OS in mind.
Does it really matter if users decide to use your project? No. This is not a proposal to an important client, this is a project you did for fun, for public gain, whatever.
So the first question is, does PR really matter that much in this case? This is a true story, which happened to me. I ended up willingly leaving the project (due to some PR stuff I caused, as well as not liking their leadership style).
My opinion: No. If users don't use your project (this is a real story; it happened to me recently; I ended up quitting the project/team), it's not like you will go bankrupt.
(In the project I quit, they were practically the only option anyway. There was one other choice but the developer decided to cease development when the new project was completed.)
(The project was started due to some motivations, including that in the old project, only the leader could make official releases. The rest of the development team could not. But in this project, even though the development team can release officially, what the project leader says is still final. Kinda silly, no?)
Second question: What do you think about that project I described? I personally thought it was quite silly: good idea, terrible team.
Please be constructive, I want to know what you guys think.
Why did you start the project? Because you simply like the idea, and want to do it.
Why open source? Because you feel "hell, why shouldn't I release this?" or because you started this project with OS in mind.
Does it really matter if users decide to use your project? No. This is not a proposal to an important client, this is a project you did for fun, for public gain, whatever.
So the first question is, does PR really matter that much in this case? This is a true story, which happened to me. I ended up willingly leaving the project (due to some PR stuff I caused, as well as not liking their leadership style).
My opinion: No. If users don't use your project (this is a real story; it happened to me recently; I ended up quitting the project/team), it's not like you will go bankrupt.
(In the project I quit, they were practically the only option anyway. There was one other choice but the developer decided to cease development when the new project was completed.)
(The project was started due to some motivations, including that in the old project, only the leader could make official releases. The rest of the development team could not. But in this project, even though the development team can release officially, what the project leader says is still final. Kinda silly, no?)
Second question: What do you think about that project I described? I personally thought it was quite silly: good idea, terrible team.
Please be constructive, I want to know what you guys think.