On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2009/6/27 stevertigo <stvrtg(a)gmail.com>
Yes I knew that. I was simply making an obverse
point about the mis-usage
of "private" lists for sweeping public project announcements.
In any case, I try to avoid closed-source technology wherever I can.
As far as I know, it wasn't an announcement, it was sending up a trial
balloon amongst a known group who was likely to critique it honestly but
fairly, before taking it public. Strikes me that happens all the time, and
doesn't necessarily have to involve foundation-related lists but could be
any group of people.
Risker saith: "it wasn't an announcement, it was sending up a trial balloon
amongst a known >group who was likely to critique it honestly but fairly"
Hm. Strikes me that a public group can critique things quite "honestly but
fairly" also. I mean, that's how this list works isn't it? Otherwise I would
never submit ideas here at all.
Risker spoketh: "Strikes me that happens all the time, and doesn't
necessarily have to involve foundation-related lists but could be any group
of people."
Hm. Don't you mean "any closed group of people"?
I mean, I'm inferring this from the context of our conversation. If, in your
statement you imply, without explicitly saying so, a change in our
conversational context from "closed groups" to "any groups," and I
thus
just did not notice this change, please accept this is a kind of backhanded
apology.
-Stevertigo