[planetsprite]

A single person run project can enforce UX requirements much better than an open source project.

[TillE]

"An open source project" can be anything, there are plenty out there which are solo endeavors that don't accept substantial contributions.

But I would agree that the classic model of big, slow-moving, design-by-committee open source projects have mostly yielded mediocre results.

[mmmpop]

I agree with this. GIMP is powerful and a fine piece of software but it truly needs an enlightened UX despot to come in and clean house.

[jonny_eh]

This seems to be the achilles heal of open-source, the inability to provide even half-decent UX.