Re: [OSCOM] Sandro steps back

Michael,

> shit happens ;-) 

Well, ok :)

> Just think about an open air concert which doesn't 
> provide RfPs for bands, but
> the OC just decides on some specific bands.

I kind of miss the possible analogy between the two. This is not a 
concert (or shouldn't be. I don't know :) ), it's about ideas.

> And it doesn't mean that you cannot make suggestions to the OC if one 
> has suggestions to make.

So, instead of having a public statement, we rely on suggestions to the 
OC? I don't know, it seems like looking for troubles to me.

Issuing a RfP means that anybody who thinks he/she has something 
interesting to say on the subject matter and cares to attend the event 
will submit his/her contribution.
Net results: possibly much more contributions, possibly some of them not 
up to the level the meeting, possibly some of them proposing ideas which 
were not in the field of vision of the OC.
Yes, it means there are papers to evaluate, but isn't that's precisely 
what the OC is supposed to do? Sieve?

I honestly can't see any possible reasons, even practical ones, to 
refusing to have people submit their works. If they are not good (or 
good enough), reject them.

What you have is a starting point you can build on. And I don't think 
anybody in his right mind could deny that, RfP apart, the OC is free to 
invite individuals they think are worth listening to. But not issuing a 
RfP? I don't know. More practical? Could be. Unscientific? For sure.

Moreover, and this is decidedly more subtle and probably much more 
debatable, it seems to me that a RfP somewhat suits best the idea of 
open source, as opposed as 'this is what the OC decided'.

As usual, my two cents.

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Andrea Resmini
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