[OSM-talk] Topology

[J.D. Schmidt]

Kristian Thy skrev:
> On Tue, Apr 24, J.D. Schmidt wrote:
>> Kristian Thy skrev:
>>> On Mon, Apr 23, SteveC wrote:
>>>> He also dislikes the project, remember?
>>> That doesn't mean he automatically can't have a point.
>> True... But it also doesn't mean that he haven't gotten a hidden agenda 
>> behind making that point..
> 
> Okay, so if people (FSVO people) make suggestions we are supposed to
> base decisions not on the strength and merit of their arguments, but on
> their standing with Steve and their perceived hidden motives?
> 
> Interesting.
> 

Where in my reply did you see me state that ? That must be your own 
conclusion, since thats not what I said.

Fact : Erle, Jo, and Chris was/is involved in a project of similar 
nature as OSM.
Fact : Who of the above except for Chris, has checked any code into 
OSM's SVN for the benefit of the OSM community ?
Fact : Where 2.0 is comming up. Which of the mapping/free geodata 
collection projects have expanded and developed since Where 1.0 ?
Fact : Who wants to show results at Where 2.0, but aren't able to in the 
same scope as OSM ?

Chris has merit in my book, just like Steve has. It doesn't mean that I 
don't look at their statements or motives without scrutiny. Au contraire.
I've disagreed with Steve too. The difference is that Steve doesn't see 
people as "enemies" or goes "passive agressive" when people disagrees 
with him. If he did, there would have been a whole lot of people who 
couldn't participate in this debate. If he did, we wouldn't have OSMF.


The items Chris wants are on the way in the Rails port, just like it was 
stated here on the mailing list. So what reasons are there for stirring 
up things ?
Also, all the code for everything regarding OSM is in SVN. People are 
able to put their actions where their mouths are. Checkout the code, 
make the changes they want, then submit a diff for review and possible 
inclusion, instead of just shooting  of their keyboards.

Thats how I added the stuff I liked to see in T at H and previously in O at H. 
Of course I could have done like it seems to be the fashion at the 
moment, and just been passive agressive towards almien or anyone else 
involved in T at H, untill the features I wanted got done.

But hey, we're all different. Some do things constructively, some do it 
destructively. I know which way gets the best results, so I'm sticking 
to that.

J.D. "Dutch" Schmidt