[OSM-talk] Vector maps for Android

[Jean-Marc Liotier]

On 29/11/2011 12:30, Parveen Arora wrote:
> the moment when you will ask some one to recommend any of one among 
> all there will be lot of different opinions, and there are 
> approximately 500 distros of Linux available which I think is not 
> required and is wastage of resources, time and energy. 
The cost of having to choose is less than the cost of not being able to 
choose.

Central planning is the most efficient way to organize production - 
given perfect information. Were we able to collect and synthesize the 
requirements of all users, there would be an optimum set of programs 
covering them all at the least cost possible. Alas, most of us don't 
even quite understand what we need for ourselves - hence the need for 
continuously generating diversity to achieve global requirements 
coverage through trial and error on a massive scale, which free software 
makes easier than ever.

In summary: diversity is a feature, not a bug.