Counterfactuals and opportunity costs are hard, but at the same time it feels like e.g. the GNOME vs. KDE split has been overall a net negative. Drop-in compatibility in the case of C++ compilers probably makes some of the difference.
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Yeah, I think part of the difference is that GNOME and KDE implement different platforms. Though I wouldn’t be so sure that it’s a net negative. The competition has helped both projects avoid going off the rails with questionable UI decisions for long.
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