[OSM-talk] 02:31- UTC+2 <crschmidt> SteveC: I don't like you. I don't like working with you, I don't like your project, I don't have anything I'm interested in collaborating on.

[Lars Aronsson]

SteveC wrote:

> Possibly the most insulting thing that's ever happened to me in 
> OSM, and a clear case for this video:

Steve, I'm a little behind on reading my e-mail, so I'm seeing 
this only now.  I think you totally misread Crschmidt.  He says he 
can't like you.  And just like he can't jump 30 feet into the sky, 
this is a limitation of *his*, not your fault.  From the IRC log 
you posted, he appears to try his best to explain his own 
limitation.

I have seen that Google Techtalk video before, and I wasn't 
impressed by people who "play management experts on TV" and 
haven't even read C. Northcote Parkinson.  Even with that said, I 
don't see how Chris is "poisonous" in the sense of that video.
Has he stopped anybody from working on OSM?  Not me anyway.

Without speaking for anybody else, I can readily admit that Chris 
is a smarter guy than me, and more experienced with GIS software.  
Still, this superior expert knowledge serves him just as little as 
the people (some of my friends) who bet on OpenBSD against Linux. 
OpenBSD is the smarter alternative, but that just doesn't matter 
since it has failed to attract a sufficient user base.  In 
comparison with many GIS projects, OpenStreetMap is the mediocre 
alternative, just like Linux (vs OpenBSD) or Wikipedia (vs 
Citizendium), but it is the alternative that will prevail.  (Or at 
least, that's my bet.)



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