Re: Glitch-free iTunes?

2011-07-04 Thread Keith Curtis
I bring up Linus because he can focus efforts. You don't need Linus. You just need the same result -- focused efforts. There is another name for this concept -- teams. Maybe WINE needs sub-teams? I assure you that the problem isn't for lack of resources. I know you feel busy and perhaps that I'm j

Re: Glitch-free iTunes?

2011-07-04 Thread Keith Curtis
None of the Linux kernel developers are paid by Linus nor can be fired by him. Linus never forces people to respond to his mails or to work on anything. What has happened is that the team has realized that having goals and leadership has led to good results, and Linus is a good leader, and so they

Re: Glitch-free iTunes?

2011-07-03 Thread Keith Curtis
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 1:37 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > > Hi Keith > > Having worked at Microsoft, you of all people should appreciate the > size and complexity of the driver architecture on Windows. So I would > say that "failure" is mostly from the scale of the problem to be > solved. > > My a

Re: Glitch-free iTunes?

2011-07-02 Thread Keith Curtis
> So: yeah, we know it's an important app. But it's hard. > Feel free to help out. > - Dan > Hi; I am glad to hear you say that iTunes is an "important" app, but I don't understand what you mean because it has never worked. You don't need my help. You've got a big group making many good fixes.

Glitch-free iTunes?

2011-07-02 Thread Keith Curtis
Hi; Here is a rant about iTunes: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/229398-2/day_3_dude_wheres_my_itunes.html You guys are doing great, but I think it would be better if you were to work more in priority order. There are 200M devices, last I checked. I don't think iTunes has ever prope