On 23 February 2011 16:39, Clint Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 04:19:17PM +0000, Matt Willsher wrote: >> are investing a reasonable amount of time even at this stage. What are >> we contributing to and is there really any point in discussing the >> this device if key decisions have already been made behind currently >> closed doors? Or should I just wait for the FAQ? > > I think ceding control over a hypothetical device to a single entity > might be missing the point. Luckily people have been working on secure > networking, distributed decentralized naming, data storage away from > the "Cloud", and making these technologies easy to use. Hopefully they > will continue to do so irrespective of specific hardware platforms or > the actions and inactions of the FreedomBox Foundation.
That is certainly true given that goal of the project is decentralisation. > What I would like to see the foundation do is push a specific, > well-integrated software platform on a specific class of hardware, > and get enough critical mass for it to be really cheap for the > masses. That should then cascade into more effort improving > the software and protocols on various platforms, and empowering > users everywhere. I agree with this and it is why I have been spending time on it. I think it is a worthy goal. However I'm unclear as to how the Foundation sits around this and why it needs $500,000. That's a lot of money with little justification as yet nor any sort of prototype. This for a project that is apparently relying on the good will and development time of volunteers. > I am happy to run pure, unadulterated Debian on my plug computers, > but easy federation with people's mass-produced devices would be > a good thing. Yes, and maybe I'm looking the wrong place to scratch an itch. I think maybe I'm more looking for a framework to build on. That's a good response Clint. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
