Wow, -4 karma for pointing out that there might be a link between circling-the-wagons on the very unpopular (at the least, "controversial") Gnome 3, which is the flagship project, and subsequent financial difficulties at the sponsoring foundation. Even if the immediate causes are attributed to other programs, it seems worthy of some reflection that the timeline seems to be "ship controversial software => stand by it without making popularly-requested changes => financial difficulties".
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Wow, -4 karma for pointing out that there might be a link between circling-the-wagons on the very unpopular (at the least, "controversial") Gnome 3, which is the flagship project, and subsequent financial difficulties at the sponsoring foundation. Even if the immediate causes are attributed to other programs, it seems worthy of some reflection that the timeline seems to be "ship controversial software => stand by it without making popularly-requested changes => financial difficulties".