And that's exactly the reason Linux never took off on the desktop. It's very difficult to gain new users if you're constantly dismissing them and asking them to put up or shut up with code.
These things aren't built for users, they're built for developers scratching their own itches. DHH built rails for himself first, and happened to share it for those who like his way of doing things. If you don't like his way, use another framework.
>And that's exactly the reason Linux never took off on the desktop. It's very difficult to gain new users if you're constantly dismissing them and asking them to put up or shut up with code.
And it's also why lots of OSS developers could not give a flying duck is Linux took over the desktop or not. They do it for their own fun and benefit, not for some entity called Linux to gain market share.
That is a completely understandable view and one that I hold myself. However, it's difficult to hold that view, and then simultaneously complain about things like driver support, which only come from attaining a modicum of popularity.
