În 21 martie 2017 20:24:49 EET, Dan Garry <dgarry(a)wikimedia.org> a scris:
On 21 March 2017 at 18:02, Strainu
<strainu10(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2017-03-21 18:17 GMT+02:00 Dan Garry
<dgarry(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
> On 21 March 2017 at 14:34, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Technical considerations are imho less relevant. What trumps it is
>> functionality.
>
>
> Technical considerations are very relevant if one is doing
something
> technical, for example developing an iOS app
or a maps tile
service.
I wholeheartedly disagree. OSS projects often forget that the
customer
should come first, mostly because of lack of
funding. But since WMF's
software development is a secondary activity (and a very well funded
one IMO), it should not make the same mistake. Spreading free
knowledge must come first, technical considerations second.
Please do not twist my words.
I don't see how is that twisting your words. Gerard said that technical considerations
should be secondary to functionality and you implied that was not possible without
explaining why.
I said technical considerations are
relevant,
not that customer needs do not come first. If something is incredibly
difficult to do, that is factored in to prioritisation, alongside the
size
of the audience and expected impact. That is very basic product
management.
The wording in the wiki page does not suggest an "incredibly difficult"
technological issue, but more of a political issue (WMF's mapping efforts are in
maintenance) and the possibility of minor extra costs for the users (with the possibility
of improvement over Apple maps clearly listed). That makes this list the best place to
discuss such issues due to the large and diverse audience.
Strainu
Sadly, as is typical with this mailing list, we've now delved into a
world
of hypotheticals, idealisms, and misrepresentations. It would not be a
productive use of time (and, indeed, donor money) for me to participate
further in this thread.
Dan
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Wikimedia Foundation
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