On 9 August 2014 15:23, svetlana <svetlana(a)fastmail.com.au> wrote:
utter and complete rubbish as it excludes the
community and leaves all
development within corporate hands; All against free software philosophy
and/or community involvement
Gilles' proposal does no such thing. On the contrary, what he proposes
opens up development to an even wider audience, and strictly does not
preclude volunteers from doing their own development just as before.
programming should be a hobby, like editing articles
Idealistically, sure. But then again, idealistically everything would be a
hobby and we wouldn't need to work. Alas, we do not live in a world of
ideals. :-)
Dan
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Dan Garry
Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps
Wikimedia Foundation