Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom, FriCAS, forks and teeth

[Jay Belanger]

"Bill Page" <address@hidden> writes:
...
> On 7/8/07, you wrote:
>> So I go away for an internet-free weekend, and what do I find when I come
>> back?  A fork of Axiom with its own name, and people on the mailgroup baring
>> their teeth at each other in a most unseemly manner.  So, so, fork away...
>> but what I want to know is - where does this leave me, a common-or-garden
>> user?
>
> Personally I think you should view this as a positive development.
...
> so one way or another it's future is now more assured than it was
> before. 

I think that's stretching things, to put it mildly.  Resources are
being divided, developers are being split.  At least one person said
they're leaving the Axiom project if there aren't enough developers,
indicating that having developers leave (and anyone trying to work on
two projects, even closely related ones, won't contribute as much as
if they concentrated on one) can snowball.

I find the whole thing odd.  I thought Tim was pretty clear from the
beginning on what the goals of the Axiom project were, and it seems as
if many in the community hopped on board but really didn't like the
goals.  I thought that the literate CAS approach was very exciting,
and made it stand out quite a bit to me; a non-literate Axiom wouldn't
have nearly the appeal.

> There is no reason to think that the Axiom project is going to
> disappear

I don't think so, either, but the chances that it will are greater
than they were before.

Jay