Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 07:51:31 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape story Message-ID: <20010222075131.A9337@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <200102220606.XAA07799@usr05.primenet.com> References: <20010221212930.A11954@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200102220606.XAA07799@usr05.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote: > >So to start an Open Source project requires some thought, and >it requires a license that's not aggregious, and is at least "egregious" >commercial utilization (not use) neutral, and it requires a >central point for the community to communicate and grow up >around (technically: a Schelling point). Actually that's a misuse of the term. Schelling was talking about zero-sum games in which communication between the players is either impossible or unproductive. In this situation a player acheives the best outcome by aiming for the "Schelling point" which is a negotiating position that all the players can agree on. In some games this implies that there is lots of mindshare associated with that position; for example when choosing a programming language in which to implement a system, Java might be the Schelling point because management have heard of it and HR see a lot of CVs that mention it. However it isn't right to refer to something with a lot of mindshare as a Schelling point when there isn't the background implication of some kind of negotiation over which option to choose. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at HUMBER: NORTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5, INCREASING 6 IN EAST LATER. OCCASIONAL RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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