# Where is Julia heading? Lack of clarity about priorities, long-term direction and governance

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Keno’s post from about a year ago here also includes a good description of the status quo and tensions therein.

> [@Development resources for Julia ecosystem?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/development-resources-for-julia-ecosystem/122907/59#p-578750-the-economics-of-julia-2):
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> Foreword One of the rare joys of running an open source project is that every few weeks you’ll get a bunch of messages that are variations of “you should really say something here” with just a link to some Twitter, Discourse, GitHub post etc. And with an uncanny degree of consistency, this invariable happens at the most annoying times. One of my most viewed discourse post “On Open Source” ([On Open Source](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-open-source/7975)) was written on Christmas Eve, sitting in my parents’ living room by the fire place. The pa…

I should add that my post above is aiming to be descriptive, not prescriptive… and I think the same is true of Keno’s there too.

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