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On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> Right, I think that comparison may not be totally fair.  On top of
> those technologies, having dozens of people who work on GNOME is a
> compelling enough argument IMHO.  I should have spoken less to the
> semantics, thanks.

I've never found this line of reasoning compelling. What is featured
in Fedora isn't decided by this factor and to my knowledge this factor
has never been given as a reason for anything else to be featured in
Fedora. Fedora has a mission and that mission includes featuring the
best of open source technology. If the shoe were on a different foot
it would not be fair to the GNOME developers and users to exclude it
from consideration based on this. They would rightly demand
consideration based on the merits of what they have to offer.

I really would like the discussion to not be based on who pays for
what but rather on why one technology provides the best solution for
the workflows of the audience we are trying to reach with this product
when compared to alternatives. That to me would form the basis of a
compelling reason to choose one technology over another.

And given the traditional inclusion of GNOME as the technology that
fills this role I think it is the burden of other technologies to make
a case like this. Otherwise there isn't really any decision to be
made.

John