Can definitely be robust and should be.
In this scenario, it is a mutual problem. Nobody has to use the software, true. However, it again is all about managing expectations.
If it is oversold, people will end up with bad experiences and that does impact who delivered them.
This has already happened. Will again too.
On a short timeline, maybe no big. On a longer one, higher order impacts may actually be painful.
Say a decade of negative public sentiment sees a brutal regulation kind of painful.
Entities putting billions in the bank can and should make reliable software.
There is a YUGE diff between Gmail, Excel and friends, and rando OSS.
This discussion ranged far away from the initial premise.
So, let us take it back a bit.
Weyland. Wants to be the defacto display solution. Does not have the same priorities many users have. Also does have priorities many users have.
Replacing X11 was made an explicit intent too.
Well, if it does not actually do that?
"All that Weyland shit talk" is the outcome.
Maybe subtract the replace X11 part, or maybe find a way to actually replace X11, or maybe just ignore the shit talk?
Can definitely be robust and should be.
In this scenario, it is a mutual problem. Nobody has to use the software, true. However, it again is all about managing expectations.
If it is oversold, people will end up with bad experiences and that does impact who delivered them.
This has already happened. Will again too.
On a short timeline, maybe no big. On a longer one, higher order impacts may actually be painful.
Say a decade of negative public sentiment sees a brutal regulation kind of painful.
Entities putting billions in the bank can and should make reliable software.
There is a YUGE diff between Gmail, Excel and friends, and rando OSS.
This discussion ranged far away from the initial premise.
So, let us take it back a bit.
Weyland. Wants to be the defacto display solution. Does not have the same priorities many users have. Also does have priorities many users have.
Replacing X11 was made an explicit intent too.
Well, if it does not actually do that?
"All that Weyland shit talk" is the outcome.
Maybe subtract the replace X11 part, or maybe find a way to actually replace X11, or maybe just ignore the shit talk?