On Friday, February 5, 2016 10:03:27 AM CET Lydia Pintscher wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 8:20 AM, Martin Graesslin <mgraess...@kde.org> wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 10:10:27 AM CET Lydia Pintscher wrote: > >> The first draft reads as follows: > >> "KDE, through the creation of Free software, enables users to control > >> their digital life. KDE software enables privacy, makes simple things > >> easy and complex scenarios possible while crossing device boundaries." > > > > In the world of IT we see again and again the introduction of disruptive > > technologies which change the field of computing. In the past KDE as a > > community mastered some of them great, some of them badly. When KDE > > started > > the world was in the middle of the disruption known as the Internet. KDE > > handled it great. Today basically every person connecting to the Internet > > is using a KDE technology for that. > > > > The next disruption "mobile" wasn't handled well, though. We were years > > too > > late and still haven't really got there. From our hundreds of applications > > only 3 are available on the most important distribution channel for mobile > > application. We clearly missed this disruption. > > > > Currently we are again in an disruptive stage. We have the cloud and > > social > > networks. Again we are moving slowly and are not adapting to the > > disruptive > > change. But we had good cards for cloud with e.g. ownCloud. Overall I > > don't > > see any strategy on how to move our applications into the cloud and how to > > integrate the cloud better. We were great in the Internet age, but are not > > catching up. Similar the social net is not integrated at all into our > > products. Thus I would conclude that we are missing this disruption just > > like the last one. > > > > Personally I think that we missed them because we didn't have a clear > > vision on where to go and were too focused on the good old things. > > > > Thus now my question: How will this vision provide us guidance for the > > next > > disruption? How will we be able to use this vision to be a leader in the > > next disruption? Please explain why you think that the vision will help > > in the next disruption. If you don't think that the vision is for that > > please also explain why you think that. E.g. if you think we shouldn't > > care about the next disruption, please explain the reasoning for it. > > That's an excellent question, Martin! > > I think we absolutely should care about the next disruption. Let's > take a look at what Wikipedia has to say about disruptive innovation: > "A disruptive innovation is an innovation that creates a new market > and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value > network, displacing established market leaders and alliances. The term > was defined and phenomenon analyzed by Clayton M. Christensen > beginning in 1995. More recent sources also include "significant > societal impact" as an aspect of disruptive innovation." I think this > last part is crucial to answer your question. > Innovation (disruptive in the true sense or not) after innovation we > see over the last years makes our digital life easier, more things > possible and social connections across cultural and social barriers > more easy and immediate. At the same time we see two very disturbing > trends: technology gets more closed - at least the ones adopted on a > large scale by consumers and we more willingly accept being spied on > for our own or other's perceived good. We seem to more readily accept > that the book on your Kindle can't easily be shared with your friend - > or that it might vanish the next day. We seem more ready to accept > that we can't repair our own car anymore. This has a huge impact on > society. So how do I see KDE fit into this? I believe in two ways. > 1) We are there to provide a viable and even better alternative for > every-day people. We need to show that we can have all the benefits > technology brings us while not having to give up control and > sovereignty. This starts on your personal devices you use every day to > do work and enjoy life. > 2) We need to be there to show people that they can tinker. We need to > show them that they don't have to accept closed systems but that they > can actually meaningfully alter their personal world and how they > interact with the rest of the world. The shift towards more and more > closed systems in consumer technology is only going to change if > people demand it. We need to remind them that they can.
Thank you for the well elaborated answer! Cheers Martin
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