[OSM-talk] OSM is a right mess (was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue)

[Steve Coast]

> On Jun 2, 2015, at 6:22 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 3, 2015 8:06 AM, "pmailkeey ." <pmailkeey at googlemail.com <mailto:pmailkeey at googlemail.com>> wrote:
> > OSM's k=v design is completely a serious and unnecessary flaw. [...] OSM is 90% argument, 5% dead-end discussions and 5% progress. The whole is not a marketable product; it's not fit to be rated as 'beta'. Is this a significant cause of ex-mappers ? It's a flipping brilliant project but sadly lacking a great leader.
> 
> It seems you are deeply unsatisfied with how OSM works. And your broad assertions such as that OSM is "not fit" or is "90% argument" are completely unfounded. 
> 

I don’t know; there are a bunch of fairly key and active OSM people who unsubscribed from the lists precisely because they felt it was mostly circular argument.

Maybe it’s like San Francisco - everything was built decades ago and now it’s illegal to build things, so we just argue over whether the golden gate should have a suicide-proof railing or if rich people should be allowed to live in the mission or not.

Best

Steve
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