When you offer a product expectations, after a year of betas, and all the rest of the community works with 1.5 because the betas, I remember, not for active sites but to test, say that there is no possibility of existing websites with 1.5 can migrate or upgrade easily and securely generate frustration.
Especially since we are talking about open source. There are a thousand examples of the development of Joomla! and good reasons for that 1.6 is so different. Okay. But are not aware that 90% of end users do not look the Joomla development blog! because they are not developers is to loop the loop. So, logically, advertisements, notices that it was ready the final version and that there is no possibility of improving Web sites is frustrating.
Background and leaves an aura of bad planning. Another thing would be an article saying: Gentlemen, pass this and this development goes through gradual changes, we regret that you can not migrate but we have good reasons and then publish it in the frontpage. Clear. And then said: does anybody wants to help in a project to create a migration for 1.5 users? Maybe someone would like to help and do it.
And the answer is: no defeat, no need to update today. The consumer and user of software is compulsive. I want the best. They are modern times. And besides, I can not imagine Steve Jobs announced improvements in their software for PDA or Iphone only work on their latest models and have substantial improvements. What do you do with the consumer who bought the iPhone last year and this year hoping that carries the improvement. No, sorry, this much-anticipated launch, so hopeful, developed so good, you will not be able to use. I am very sorry: buy yourself another iPhone. The distances, it is clear that this unrest could have been avoided by asking the right things first raised, as they are, honestly, and then focus on the product, Joomla!, users, which is what people always complain and why love open source. Yes, a few with a talent for computer help an entire community. Right. Of course there would be nothing without them. But the first time and took two years in the forum, that a given group of members to criticize a policy of action of the "business", do not like. Well have to get used to criticism and that projects can fail. Or that do not. For the humbling start soon because we love Joomla! and my version of 1.6 I'm testing is wonderful and my 1.5 community thinks: why don't you use Joomla! 1.6, is better. Well, that's the question. Or is not better?
. Joomla! is a product that I love and I see that there is even a tutorial on the wiki. Well, hope all goes right.
