[OSM-talk] Countering Google's propaganda

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Nop wrote:
> I can see how many people would prefer the simple way offered by Google.

I can see that too, and I think it is perfectly ok. We do not have to be 
*the* world-wide collaborative mapping platform.

Offering service to those who like it simple is costly, and I am not 
convinced that if we have a limited supply of time and money available 
it would be a wise investment to use that to get "people who like things 
simple" on board. I'm not saying these people have nothing to offer; I 
just doubt whether the whole enterprise would yield more than it consumes.

Let Google teach them how to map, and if they grow interested and 
suddenly desire more (and are willing to accept the fact that being able 
to do more also means having to deal with more complexity), then they 
can come to OSM.

Bye
Frederik

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