Why FAR Manager it's kinda' dead project ...
Why FAR Manager it's kinda' dead project ...
I hope this message will pass the "moderation".
As most of the users are developers we can see that the project activity it's almost stalled. An active product should have updates at least monthly.
Why? It's simple FAR it's not selling and it's not an open-source project.
!sell(commercial) && !opensource => dead
I really suggest the opening of FAR-Manager as GPL. This could make it an real success and the original developer will receive benefits from tehnical support.
I want to open a pool about this, maybe we can get an opinion.
As most of the users are developers we can see that the project activity it's almost stalled. An active product should have updates at least monthly.
Why? It's simple FAR it's not selling and it's not an open-source project.
!sell(commercial) && !opensource => dead
I really suggest the opening of FAR-Manager as GPL. This could make it an real success and the original developer will receive benefits from tehnical support.
I want to open a pool about this, maybe we can get an opinion.
Well the discussions were mostly in russian and in a closed alpha testers mailing list, although some are available in the plugring@yahoogroups.com public mailing list.
Well it's not a problem for me to read russian. But look at the forum statistics:
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Doesn't it look like a taunt? Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is a kind of a results of the low project activity. Developers have to do something if they want someone to be interested in using FAR.
Our users have posted a total of 83 articles
We have 30 registered users
The newest registered user is Troo
In total there is 1 user online :: 1 Registered, 0 Hidden and 0 Guests [ Administrator ] [ Moderator ]
Most users ever online was 5 on Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:50 am
Registered Users: Daeriel
Doesn't it look like a taunt? Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is a kind of a results of the low project activity. Developers have to do something if they want someone to be interested in using FAR.
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Seriously, I often feel annoyed and even insulted as a non-Russian-speaking user about how everything around FAR has (or had - it's great there is finally this English forum) to be Russian.
I usually have 3 instances of FAR on my computer, it's my most frequently used application besides Firefox. And I have "converted" many other "power users" to use FAR as their default file manager, and they all don't speak Russian.
What I'm trying to say is, if FAR hasn't been so Russian-centric, it might have been much more popular.
I usually have 3 instances of FAR on my computer, it's my most frequently used application besides Firefox. And I have "converted" many other "power users" to use FAR as their default file manager, and they all don't speak Russian.
What I'm trying to say is, if FAR hasn't been so Russian-centric, it might have been much more popular.
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By "Russian-centric" I meant:
1. For years there was no way for us English speaking users to exchange ideas and experiences with fellow FAR users since the FidoNet channel was Russian only. And there was absolutely no way for us to be informed (or even participate by joining discussion) about FAR development.
2. Many plugins have only documentation (and even description) in Russian, I think the FAR Plugin Ring might have been able to encourage the authors more to provide English docs.
1. For years there was no way for us English speaking users to exchange ideas and experiences with fellow FAR users since the FidoNet channel was Russian only. And there was absolutely no way for us to be informed (or even participate by joining discussion) about FAR development.
2. Many plugins have only documentation (and even description) in Russian, I think the FAR Plugin Ring might have been able to encourage the authors more to provide English docs.
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I've got to say that in this rhythm FAR Manager will eventually die. I appreciate everyone that worked on it... and I will still use it for at least ten years, even without future versions. But I think that it would benefit everyone if it went opensource. There's no reason to keep it commercial if no one is interested in it. With an open-source community + donations, I think there would be even more to win, for both the developers and users. I am curious, what were the arguments against it going open-source? I don't know where it has been discussed...
Well, the main reason brought against FAR going open source is that there is quite a big chance that none compatible versions of FAR will appear on the internet which will greatly harm plugin developers and might even cause FAR to die even faster (there is the example of DOS Navigator).
And although I myself is pro-open source, I think that now is not the right time going open source.
And although I myself is pro-open source, I think that now is not the right time going open source.