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 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.
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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Dan Garry
Lead Product Manager, Discovery
Wikimedia Foundation