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Re: Flaps about flops
Mr. Searls, I normally read up on people before I write them. Sorry I didn't in this case. MAN...! Probably best I didn't, or I might not have written... That's my way of saying you honor me with a reply. (Do you do this with everyone and/or did you somehow hear of me?!?) I've been meaning to read the Cluetrain Manifesto, and didn't recall who the authors were... I've been told a few times I'm clueless.. but I wanted to see for m'self, and get it straight from the source...;-) I'm a newbie on a lot of this. Just read a little of RMS and ESR, and seen some (what I consider to be) flaws in the logic. Didn't know the history of Jabber, but it makes a lot of sense. It appears that the legacy (or horror, depending on POV) of the FSF is that they didn't understand that you don't eliminate the role of the customer, even if you give the product away for free. The developers of all the OSS were the customers, IMV (in my view of the world). If they didn't start with that understanding, then they won't understand that different customers have different needs from the products. I'll have to think on that some more (as it's 2:15 here, and way past my bedtime). I'll be curious to see how Jabber makes out in the future. 'Cause IMV, two organizations would be the ideal... But rather than worry about "contamination", I'd view cross-pollination as a very beneficial thing. See.. that's my theory, but I don't believe in much of anything that hasn't been thoroughly tested (other than my code, that is...;-). My view is that the market is THE best place to test these kinds of theories. Beats the crap out of both computer-simulations and people boasting what could happen. Again.. thanks for the reply, Mr. Searls, jt There are responses to this message:
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