I meant coordination process. Many tasks involving data (esp collection) tend to be time consuming. I did a bunch of that in my previous life (lots of calls, emails, travel, campaigns etc.). It is hard to do it now.
BTW, I didnt imply that there needs to be monetary incentive, even in industry. I believe that open data is a reward in itself. On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Gora Mohanty <g...@mimirtech.com> wrote: > On 1 July 2013 10:16, Venkata Pingali <ping...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I broadly agree. Technology is the easy part. I would think in terms > > of "architecture of coordination". Let me comment on one related > > aspect. > > > > "Finally, there is the question of what incentive there is for > > third-party developers to build such an API?" > > > > Surprisingly enough, it doesnt have to be very high. The process has to > be > > efficient. If it requires too much of mental and process context switch, > it > > gets difficult. People like me are not in school anymore. > [...] > > Not sure what you mean by this response. "The process" > of what? > > A third possibility exists besides the two that I mentioned > in my earlier message: That of having an open-source > group that does this, where the incentive for doing the > development for free is recognition. However, the hosting > costs will still be high. My opinion also is that given the > current strength and abilities of open-source communities > in India, even development in this manner will be very > difficult. > > Regards, > Gora > > -- > For more details about this list > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
