And how about the case when the leadership of a FOSS community team is going the wrong way, members of the team get public with their legit criticism and are fired?
I personally was "fired" myself from a community and to this day I still believe I was right and the team leader was wrong. I got no help from other leaders in the project, since they are employees of the same company.
The net result, I found a new life outside contributing to FOSS projects and I am now a mere user.
I'm not sure I get your point, what is the inspiration an Open Source project should get? Hire a commercial company to do its redesign in the classic proprietary way? Use closed proprietary tools to make even its simplest presentation (I noticed your emphasis "polishing it on Keynote and iMovie").
Seriously, for an Open Source project I have better expectations, like engaging its community of users and developers into a major redesign. It would be awesome to make some experienced designers to care about your project and get involved in the community.
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And how about the case when the leadership of a FOSS community team is going the wrong way, members of the team get public with their legit criticism and are fired?
I personally was "fired" myself from a community and to this day I still believe I was right and the team leader was wrong. I got no help from other leaders in the project, since they are employees of the same company.
The net result, I found a new life outside contributing to FOSS projects and I am now a mere user.
I'm not sure I get your point, what is the inspiration an Open Source project should get? Hire a commercial company to do its redesign in the classic proprietary way? Use closed proprietary tools to make even its simplest presentation (I noticed your emphasis "polishing it on Keynote and iMovie").
Seriously, for an Open Source project I have better expectations, like engaging its community of users and developers into a major redesign. It would be awesome to make some experienced designers to care about your project and get involved in the community.