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That's fair but that's not the only issue. If no one appears to be maintain=
ing the software then it becomes less attractive. Issues can come up later =
and with no one to apply a bug fix, it could be a real problem.=20

And that's just the technical aspect, poor presentation is a problem even i=
f there are no technical issues. Software that has not been updated for 10 =
years just isn't going to be as appealing as software that was updated a ye=
ar ago.

I am not a fan of Ruby on Rails but David Heinemeier Hansson did a good job=
 of promoting it and getting people excited about it. I don't think there i=
s anything similar here and that's sad because I bet there is very good sof=
tware being overlooked due to non-technical issues.