On 28. December 2011 17:21 Frederik Ramm [mailto:frede...@remote.org] wrote:
> I think that this is an attitude problem with some of the potential users of OSM; > they assume that it is our job to make them like us. "Show me what you've got", they say. > ... > But as a project, I don't think it is not our job to reach out to users and > "sell" ourselves to them. > ... > In my eyes, we are not aimed at "map consumers". We are, to borrow business terms, > a producer or maybe a distributor, but we're not a retailer. Fully agree with the statements, especially with the above ones. For me too, OSM is a free and open project to collect and offer geographical data and not a map producer. I regard this as the project's advantage and strength and thus should never be changed. Willi _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
