> ----- Original message ----- > From: "Gabriel M. Beddingfield‎" <gabrb...@gmail.com> > To: meego-community@meego.com > Subject: Re: [MeeGo-community] Intels Tablet UX > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:28:40 -0600 > > >On Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:48:25 am Randall Arnold > wrote: > > This isn't about "us vs them". Intel is a part of the > > community. And as for "their every word and action > > being scrutinized", that's inflammatory and hyperbolic. Let's > > avoid extreme dialog. > > Well, the impression I get from the community is that it > *is* "us vs them" -- where "us" is the virtuous community > and "them" is the corporate interests. >
"Virtuous" community? I'm not sure sarcasm is helpful either. ;) > So, I don't think I was being inflammatory... I really think > this is the way things are. > I still think you're blaming the whole for the acts of a few. > > On the other hand, community members who aren't beholden > > to corporate sponsors/participants are obliged to keep > > corporate interests in check and drive a high degree of > > transparency. Without it, you have no community-- just > > a mob fed by walled gardeners. > > This sounds "us vs them." A struggle between classes. Just > saying. :-) > It was meant more in the sense of roles than classes. But I could have made that clearer. > Look, I think we all agree on open source. > > We disagree that open /development/ is always the right > thing to do in every case. I think that time-to-market is > more important. > And I'm not saying the latter isn't. I believe an effort that errs to open can actually improve time-to-market, if by no other virtue than sheer scale and skill of resources. It all comes down to management. Randy -------------------------------------------------------------- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com _______________________________________________ MeeGo-community mailing list MeeGo-community@meego.com http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines
