[OSM-dev] scaling

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Sun Jan 9 22:53:45 GMT 2011


On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> If you are looking for a project that can support the kind of explosive
> growth you envisage - factor 100 in a few months -, then start a new
> project, one that relies much less on individual human beings.

Gotta agree about starting a new project.  The only way I could see
this type of growth happening is with lots of money, and even if that
money could be obtained as an unrestricted donation it would still be
seen as a takeover.

$1000 here and there isn't going to cut it.  Especially not when
there's a chance that someone will put in all the effort but come in
second place and get nothing.  A contest with "$1,000 to the first
person who demonstrates OSMs DB running on more than one machine" is
nothing like a bug bounty, because there can only be one winner, and
everyone else's time is wasted.



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