On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Christian Quest <cqu...@openstreetmap.fr> wrote: > > 2013/1/8 Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org>: > > That is exactly the approach that I would recommend if someone were to ask > > me how to "move forward" - have a small discussion if you want but > > essentially, just build the damn thing, or at least a prototype for people > > to play with, and get people interested. > > > > +1 ! > > Less talks, more action ;) > > OSM like many opensource projects is a do-o-craty... > > But some talks are good too to coordinate actions and avoid overlapping work.
+1, too! a diverse group of people trying new ideas, building cool new stuff and having fun would seem to be the ideal approach. i certainly think that such a thing is possible, and that we can build something awesome together. of course there's a place in this (as Clifford originally pointed out) for an equivalent to Red Hat to donate the time of their employees towards this diverse group, in a similar manner to how the Linux community works. the alternative (WMF) suggestion seems like very much a top-down, committee-oriented thing - i hope the irony of a "five year plan" wasn't lost on them*. personally, i think this would remove a lot of the diversity and creativity of the development community. cheers, matt *: "Plan is law, fulfillment is duty, over-fulfillment is honor!" _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
