> > There's really an issue with a number of devs and contributors living in their own > > fantasy world and with a lot of wrong ideas about how users see MAME. > > Agreed and the fact that a huge user-community is also very attractive for any new > developer that wants to join MAME. Of course they dont owe us nothing and in case for > credits/honor... me repeatedly pressing "5" here...
You're completely wrong there: the huge user community does nothing to attract developers to unpaid projects.