From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: Git User's Survey 2007 partial summary Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:54:40 +0200 Message-ID: <46D29F60.9080708@op5.se> References: <200708190128.43515.jnareb@gmail.com> <200708270251.05762.jnareb@gmail.com> <61e816970708262024m1cbbfd4dxfeb10b56397670b8@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jakub Narebski , git@vger.kernel.org To: Dan Chokola X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Aug 27 11:54:48 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IPbJ2-0004pO-A7 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:54:48 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753299AbXH0Jyp (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:54:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752909AbXH0Jyp (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:54:45 -0400 Received: from mail.op5.se ([193.201.96.20]:34493 "EHLO mail.op5.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752535AbXH0Jyo (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:54:44 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAD6B1943F6; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:54:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Score: -4.399 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.399 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from mail.op5.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.op5.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id W67nyH1DMBzO; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:54:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from nox.op5.se (unknown [192.168.1.178]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA0D419433E; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:54:41 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) In-Reply-To: <61e816970708262024m1cbbfd4dxfeb10b56397670b8@mail.gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Dan Chokola wrote: > On 8/26/07, Jakub Narebski wrote: > >> 55. Would commerical (paid) support from a support vendor be of interest >> to you/your organization? >> >> Only 44 answers yes, 217 no, 126 not applicable (which was menat to >> encompass people who do not use git for work). >> > > Are questions like this at all indicative of where Git is looking towards going? > As Dscho wrote, I should think not, but having a company basing its business around an opensource product usually means a lot of company-like features get implemented, such as various forms of reporting, documentation, integration with bugtrackers and trouble-ticket systems, etc, etc... It is the way of companies to throw money rather than competence at temporary problems, while more altruistic organizations such as opensource projects do the exact opposite. I for one would love if some support company could give git courses in sweden, since that'd mean I wouldn't have to. ;-) -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231