The syntax is a fairly minor point, and although its ridiculous there isnt first class dictionary support in 2013 there are parts of it I really like.
But Ericcson dont know how to manage an open source ecosystem, I dont think they particularly want to. It only started using an open source control a few years ago, still no open bug tracker, half the standard library is in terrible shape, there is no good support for 3rd party library integration.
A few years ago I wrote a UI to the documentation that most of the community seemed to massively prefer (http://erldocs.com). Every year I asked the OTP manager how to get it merged but instead they wrote their own (imo) sub par version while every release changing the documentation format which broke mine without warning.
But Ericcson dont know how to manage an open source ecosystem, I dont think they particularly want to. It only started using an open source control a few years ago, still no open bug tracker, half the standard library is in terrible shape, there is no good support for 3rd party library integration.
A few years ago I wrote a UI to the documentation that most of the community seemed to massively prefer (http://erldocs.com). Every year I asked the OTP manager how to get it merged but instead they wrote their own (imo) sub par version while every release changing the documentation format which broke mine without warning.