Right, ultimately it’s their project and they can do what they want, but it’s also their loss every time some person or organization skips it because of the name.
I agree with this, but in open source there’s an extra layer of complexity: the “I don’t care about market share” dev attitude that’s sometimes admirable and sometimes frustrating.
There aren’t actual numbers because you can’t poll for that. There’s not a database somewhere that keeps track of every teacher or manager that says “ew” when someone brings up GIMP. There are some documented examples, though, some of which are listed in the article.
Right, ultimately it’s their project and they can do what they want, but it’s also their loss every time some person or organization skips it because of the name.
I agree with this, but in open source there’s an extra layer of complexity: the “I don’t care about market share” dev attitude that’s sometimes admirable and sometimes frustrating.
But how many people skip it due to the name? What are the actual numbers?
There aren’t actual numbers because you can’t poll for that. There’s not a database somewhere that keeps track of every teacher or manager that says “ew” when someone brings up GIMP. There are some documented examples, though, some of which are listed in the article.
You can survey users of photo editing software and ask something like: