Awesome analogy! :)
Cheers, Deb Tankersley On Mar 21, 2012, at 7:10 AM, "Richard Fairhurst" <[email protected]> wrote: > In the UK there's a really annoying TV advert in which Michael Winner > (past-it film director and restaurant critic) urges "Calm down, dear. It's > only a commercial". You can find it on YouTube if you want. Our beloved > (ahem) Prime Minister used the phrase to slap down a critic in the House > of Commons and was rightly panned for it. > > So I realise I'll probably be panned for saying the same, but: > > Calm down, dear. It's only a free map of the world. > > The amount of drama (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=drama) > in OSM at the moment is quite bewildering. It's almost as if we've decided > to stop being "Wikipedia for maps" and start being "Encyclopaedia > Dramatica for maps". We have whole conspiracy theory threads because ESRI > expressed a mild preference that mentioning the actual sum of their > donation in the press release would be tacky, or something. (It was $25k. > I've probably broken some embargo or something. So sue me.) This has now > morphed into "OSMF is institutionally broken" via some thought process I > can't pretend to understand. > > Meanwhile on talk@, some poor student who posted an innocent survey got > jumped on. And the licence change... oh my lord. Rather than accepting and > offering help to the kind, generous guys who are actually committing vast > amounts of time and branepower to get it done - and maybe we'll hit 1st > April or maybe it'll be a few days after or well, whatever, it's not the > end of the world - we're all running round, on-list and off-list, shouting > "OMG WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE". > > There is so much good stuff to celebrate in OSM right now. We have never > been so popular nor had so much media attention. There are people planning > to spend almost $1m to make OSM easier to use. The remapping work has > picked up momentum way beyond my expectations. > > Everyone, basically, loves OSM. Let's remember that; value the > contributions of other volunteers; and try to actually enjoy ourselves. I > hope you will slap me down next time I'm a drama queen on the lists, and > in turn, I hope you'll all accept this friendly "calm down, dear" in the > spirit in which it was intended. > > cheers > Richard > > [cross-posted, please consider trimming follow-ups if replying] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > osmf-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
