Paul Boddie wrote: > It would be interesting to read the review, Waiting for a response to the request for permission to publish it.
The review has mostly negative points. Let me paraphrase them: 1) not clearly within OTF's purview, 2) we didn't explain how we plan to achieve market dominance, 3) we didn't explain in detail what users are doing wrong today and how that would change, 4) our cost and time estimates look reasonable, but 5) it's not clear how the project would sustain itself. 1) is indeed a valid concern, especially since Open Hardware is still something new, so even if it meets the objectives of some funding program, it may simply not have been considered when defining the details. 2) sounds like an exaggerated criticism, and aiming to create a monopoly and thus monoculture sounds like a rather dangerous proposition when it comes to security. 3) also seems exaggerated, given that what we submitted was a "concept note", not a doctoral thesis. 4) phew :) 5) is a fair point. We mentioned that the next step would be crowdfunding but didn't talk about what's beyond. But then, the form for the concept note didn't ask about a business plan or sustainability considerations, so I expected such questions to be raised at a later point. Besides, they could just have asked. To sum it up, I'd consider 1) the weak spot of our proposal. We can try to suggest why it may fit despite outward appearances, but we can't demand that they widen their scope for us. The other points all seem a little unfair and shall be challenged. > perhaps because we might get a > feeling for what the reviewers feel is worthy in this day and age, The folks over at the Core Infrastructure Initiative (sounds like what's before been at OTF. Did they move ?) have a brief but interesting discussion here: http://lists.coreinfrastructure.org/pipermail/cii-discuss/ There, the main point is sustainability. So the beancounters may have a lot of weight in the discussion, which may not be a bad thing in this case. This echoes point 5) from the review. > Maybe they think that password and credentials management is a > solved problem, Yes, the review mentions that there are other password managers and tokens, so this may indeed be considered a "solved" problem. As if ... :-) - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
