commit 2b3efa626bbca2323514eee6d9d7ee35304da797
parent 1760c51526f22ef8a4efa30b4921398b73de8da2
Author: nsz <nszabolcs@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:10:58 +0100
gsoc wording changes
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1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/www.suckless.org/GSoC2009.md b/www.suckless.org/GSoC2009.md
@@ -17,27 +17,23 @@ software industry. We intend to prove the opposite with our software projects.
Our project focuses on advanced and experienced computer users. In contrast
to the usual proprietary software world or many mainstream open source
-projects that focus more on average and normal end users, we think that
+projects that focus more on average and non-technical end users, we think that
experienced users are mostly ignored. This is particularly true for user
interfaces, such as graphical environments on desktop computers, on mobile
devices, and in so-called Web applications. We believe that the market of
experienced users is growing continously, with each user looking for more
appropriate solutions for his/her work style.
-Furthermore, minimalism results in reasonable and attainable goals. While other
-organizations, without a driving philosophy of minimalism, may furnish
-unreliable and incomplete projects, we strive to maintain minimalism and
+Designing simple and elegant software is far more difficult than letting ad-hoc
+or over-ambitious features obscure the code over time. However one has to pay
+this price to achieve reliability and maintainability. Furthermore, minimalism
+results in reasonable and attainable goals. We strive to maintain minimalism and
clarity to drive development to completion.
-Unlike most open source projects, strong leadership is essential to us.
-Our projects are usually led by a single person who maintains the mainline
-code repository. Users discuss, review and contribute to the project on
-[dedicated project mailing lists and on IRC](/common/community).
-
Our steadily increasing community consists of about -- roughly speaking
2000-3500 users -- (regarding to mailing list members and downloads), and of
-about 20-30 contributors (regarding to mailing list discussions and past code
-contributions).
+about 20-30 active contributors who discuss, review and contribute code to the
+project on [dedicated project mailing lists and on IRC](/common/community).
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