+1000 Mark
On 21 Mar 2012, at 14:35, deb <d...@dtold.com> wrote: > Awesome analogy! :) > > > Cheers, > > Deb Tankersley > > > On Mar 21, 2012, at 7:10 AM, "Richard Fairhurst" <rich...@systemed.net> wrote: > >> In the UK there's a really annoying TV advert in which Michael Winner >> (past-it film director and restaurant critic) urges "Calm down, dear. It's >> only a commercial". You can find it on YouTube if you want. Our beloved >> (ahem) Prime Minister used the phrase to slap down a critic in the House >> of Commons and was rightly panned for it. >> >> So I realise I'll probably be panned for saying the same, but: >> >> Calm down, dear. It's only a free map of the world. >> >> The amount of drama (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=drama) >> in OSM at the moment is quite bewildering. It's almost as if we've decided >> to stop being "Wikipedia for maps" and start being "Encyclopaedia >> Dramatica for maps". We have whole conspiracy theory threads because ESRI >> expressed a mild preference that mentioning the actual sum of their >> donation in the press release would be tacky, or something. (It was $25k. >> I've probably broken some embargo or something. So sue me.) This has now >> morphed into "OSMF is institutionally broken" via some thought process I >> can't pretend to understand. >> >> Meanwhile on talk@, some poor student who posted an innocent survey got >> jumped on. And the licence change... oh my lord. Rather than accepting and >> offering help to the kind, generous guys who are actually committing vast >> amounts of time and branepower to get it done - and maybe we'll hit 1st >> April or maybe it'll be a few days after or well, whatever, it's not the >> end of the world - we're all running round, on-list and off-list, shouting >> "OMG WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE". >> >> There is so much good stuff to celebrate in OSM right now. We have never >> been so popular nor had so much media attention. There are people planning >> to spend almost $1m to make OSM easier to use. The remapping work has >> picked up momentum way beyond my expectations. >> >> Everyone, basically, loves OSM. Let's remember that; value the >> contributions of other volunteers; and try to actually enjoy ourselves. I >> hope you will slap me down next time I'm a drama queen on the lists, and >> in turn, I hope you'll all accept this friendly "calm down, dear" in the >> spirit in which it was intended. >> >> cheers >> Richard >> >> [cross-posted, please consider trimming follow-ups if replying] >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> osmf-talk mailing list >> osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk >> > > _______________________________________________ > osmf-talk mailing list > osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk