In reply to Ron Seigel.

@ Peter

This point goes back to some of my earlier comments on volunteers... but free is overrated. :)

I'm not saying I don't *greatly* appreciate all the free plugins and volunteer effort that goes into the WordPress community. But, if that results in a 'well it's free so I'll not care if it's updated or support it' kind of attitude, IMO, that hurts rather than helps the community.

I know all too well that life changes, and thing come up. I've had to walk away from things I've volunteered on in the past... and a few times, even without a smooth handoff (which I'm not proud of). But, I've also seen enough volunteer work that may as well not be happening at all, as it was of such low quality, it was hurting more than helping. (Totally different fields... but I think the same applies to WordPress as well.)

The point is... for WordPress to be strong, and the repository of plugins being worth having (aside from a huge number for marketing purposes), there needs to be a certain level of expectation and commitment, yes, even with free and volunteers.

When I've worked with volunteers in the past, that means some (many?) of them just walk away... and I have to be OK with that. That might mean the program fails... but IMO, better to fail than do it too poorly.

I don't think WordPress is there. There is a lot of great stuff out there. But, I still think that principal applies. And, maybe the plugin repository should be 1/10th its size, but 10x the quality if one were to just take random samples? From a user perspective, I'd be happier with that. But, I'm also a Mac user, so I've seldom been impressed with raw numbers and specs.