[OSM-dev] Data corruption :) II

[Dave Stubbs]

2008/11/26 Stefan de Konink <stefan at konink.de>:
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Tom Hughes wrote:
>
>> > Then let me even get a better proposal; A second machines will be
>> > installed that has enforced foreign keys. This second machine will produce
>> > the planet. And will directly trigger events upon corruption so the main
>> > API doesn't need to cope with them until 0.6.
>>
>> So you want us to do a huge amount of engineering work, including
>> sourcing new hardware, just to make things easier for you. Bearing in
>> mind that this will itself delay 0.6 because it will divert effort, and
>> that it will also be hugely duplicative of the 0.6 work.
>
> Yup :) And for all other users of your core business. Delivering
> consistent Geo data.
>
>> Are you completely mad?
>
> No, technically I am King because I am a customer of your data, that is
> broken. Any proposal to fix it in a reasonable time, hence less than 1
> month is accepted.
>

Many corporate boys always go to battle with the stupid argument you just made.

Dave