[Foundation-l] Seeking clarification

Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen at gmail.com
Tue Jan 22 00:35:19 UTC 2008


Hoi,
A line like "Also, many members at Wikiversity have the same concerns as you
(are WikiEducatorand Wikiversity competitors?)" is not clear enough ?
Thanks,
    GerardM

On Jan 22, 2008 1:28 AM, Ben McIlwain <cydeweys at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> > Hoi,
> > The notion that Wikieducator and WIkiversity are competitors can only
> exist
> > when you think of open source / open content projects as competitors.
> When
> > you think they are, they are not doing a good job because they are not
> > learning the lessons of the other. Remember open content, every one can
> use
> > it ???
> >
> > Really the notion of competitors is one that exists when your thinking
> mode
> > is reminiscent of the "not invented here" routine. If this is your mode
> of
> > thinking... well fine, good luck to you.
>
> What are you talking about?  I think you're reading things into other
> people's words that aren't there.  Nobody said anything about the two
> being competitors and whether we should favor one over the other.
> Someone was simply asking what Wikieducator is because they've never
> heard of it before, is all.  AGF and all that.
>
> - --
> Ben "Cyde Weys" McIlwain    ( http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/ )
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