On 21 March 2017 at 18:02, Strainu strainu10@gmail.com wrote:
2017-03-21 18:17 GMT+02:00 Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org:
On 21 March 2017 at 14:34, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@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