It's a clear sign that we're learning as a community, and that open source really does enable innovation[0]. Someone builds Useful System iteration 1, we all learn what part of it works and doesn't, and someone builds iteration 2 because it scratches their itch. Repeat for goodness.
[0] It's unfortunate that big open source projects are never willing to pivot when fundamentals of the original design are shown to be bad. Rarely used features, for example, are never removed in order to make the software better for the overwhelming majority of users.
[0] It's unfortunate that big open source projects are never willing to pivot when fundamentals of the original design are shown to be bad. Rarely used features, for example, are never removed in order to make the software better for the overwhelming majority of users.