Comments on: Managing Downstream Users http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2008/05/28/managing-downstream-users/ open source software innovation support centre Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ross Gardler http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2008/05/28/managing-downstream-users/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Ross Gardler Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:24:38 +0000 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2008/05/28/managing-downstream-users/#comment-165 I think you need to read this post carefully. It does not "blame" anyone - the post says that *both* sides made serous mistakes. I'm not interested in blame, I'm interested in everyone learning from the mistakes of others. Indeed, it appears I made a mistake in writing this blog entry. If the FAQ entry wasn't present then you are correct, nobody could have seen it. However, all other errors (on both sides) remain. I think you need to read this post carefully.

It does not “blame” anyone – the post says that *both* sides made serous mistakes. I’m not interested in blame, I’m interested in everyone learning from the mistakes of others.

Indeed, it appears I made a mistake in writing this blog entry. If the FAQ entry wasn’t present then you are correct, nobody could have seen it. However, all other errors (on both sides) remain.

]]> By: MJ Ray http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2008/05/28/managing-downstream-users/comment-page-1/#comment-164 MJ Ray Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:46:30 +0000 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2008/05/28/managing-downstream-users/#comment-164 That seems like a very one-sided view of the problem, blaming the debian project for more than its fair share. For example, note that the FAQ entry didn't exist at the time of the debian contributor's post to the lists, which was around http://web.archive.org/web/20060427021608/http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html so it wouldn't have mattered how many times they checked the FAQ. That seems like a very one-sided view of the problem, blaming the debian project for more than its fair share.

For example, note that the FAQ entry didn’t exist at the time of the debian contributor’s post to the lists, which was around
http://web.archive.org/web/20060427021608/http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html
so it wouldn’t have mattered how many times they checked the FAQ.

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