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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/06/18 21:13, Colin Smale wrote:<br>
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<p>On 2018-06-09 13:00, Warin wrote:</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/06/18 19:20, Colin Smale
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<p>On 2018-06-09 10:51, Christoph Hormann wrote:</p>
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<blockquote style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left:
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means that competition is essential for progress<br>
in OSM.</blockquote>
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How do we define "progress"? How do we conclude if OSM
today is<br>
"better" than in the past? Are our processes becoming
more mature? Is<br>
our data quality improving? Do we have more "customers"
than before?<br>
What defined "goals" have we achieved?</blockquote>
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I have not defined progress and don't need to for the
argument i made. <br>
It applies for any definition of progress you might have.
Or in other <br>
words: Here it just means the opposite of stagnation.</div>
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monospace;">Stagnation is exactly where we are heading,
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<tt>With the passion shown on some subjects, I'd say OSM is very
far from 'stagnation'. :) <br>
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To me a stagnant pool is one with no life in it, no movement.
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The OSM pool has ripples and waves of different opinions some
of them </tt><tt><tt>clash and make turbulence. There is life
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<p>I suppose stagnation is not quite the right word. Ripples are
evidence of energy, not progress being made. A boat straining
against its anchor can make a splash, but the only effect is
warming the sea up a little. I interpreted stagnation as not
going anywhere.</p>
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Depends on you point of view.<br>
If your the anchor looking back at the boat then it is not going
anywhere.<br>
If your the water looking at the boat then it is going somewhere. <br>
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