On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote:
> On 24/10/2010 09:40, Nic Roets wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Julio Costa Zambelli < > julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl> wrote: > >> >> contributors, core developers, authors, etc. are still in Germany, the >> UK and other countries of Western Europe, >> > > As an outsider to the bidding and selection process, I think that hosting > it in the US will be good for OSM. If a company wants to announce a new > technology, they almost always do it in the US for various reasons e.g. the > story gets picked up by international TV channels, the vast numbers of > foreign born US residents spread the idea throughout the world etc > > > Is that why Dell launched it's Streak mobile 'phone in the UK first? > > Launched in the UK ? I guess that is why I have never heard of it. I guess you are not too fond of the US being the trend setter for the world, in which case I would like to point out two things: The UK had it's turn during the colonial era. The US is loosing it's throne to the Internet i.e. location is becoming less and less important. > . Also consider the fact that the Cloudmade and MapQuest ambassador > programs > > > What's an 'ambassador' program? > http://cloudmade.com/careers/community-ambassador > > Cheers > Dave F. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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