[Sigia-l] Open Source Usability -- curable?

[Peter Trudelle]

Sorry, I completely misunderstood.  I meant that even if you paid the 
programmer's, you may not be able to get them to implement the design 
you want.  As for paying the designers, it is common for programmers 
(who have high market value) to donate their time to projects before 
being paid, if they are ever paid, so the chance of these organizations 
paying designers who haven't been participating is quite low.

Peter


Listera wrote:

> That didn't quite come out right. I don't mean to say that just 
> because designers get paid they'll begin to influence the process. I 
> mean that the
>
>notion that professional designers will join a process which will be driven
>by programmers is nutty, as they get neither influence nor pay.
>
>If the very notion of deciding to pay designers is a tacit recognition of
>their value and leadership (hopefully reversing programmer-driven practices)
>then it would make more sense. 
>  
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