[FM Discuss] a crazy moment pondering a manifesto

[adam]

as i have said before, i dont think we need mission statements etc

we work fine, lets not formulate who we are. its like a good party - if 
you are having fun and things are working then just let it roll...making 
rules for it kills the dynamic and the fun.

we know what we are, thats good enough


adam

On 06/28/2012 04:40 PM, Tomi Toivio wrote:
> 2012/6/27 Andy Oram<andyo at oreilly.com>
>
>> I'm a bit late to this discussion, but I want to point out that most
>> organizations have mission statements, and some also have value statements
>> that work like the manifesto Adam is talking about.
>>
>
> Yes, and to explain what FM is doing in terms that are commonly understood
> is actually very difficult, if you think about people who are not into open
> source yet, and who are actually the ones who need the manuals the most.
>
> You could start by explaining that FM is like a wiki, but actually it is
> quite different from a normal wiki. Then you notice that many people
> actually don't know how a wiki works.
>
> Then you can add the confusion about freeware vs. open source. The concept
> of open source is actually hard to understand unless you know something
> about computer programming. So many people just think about freeware.
>
> I have also noticed that many people tend to get scared of the manuals
> since they expect they have to learn something extremely complicated.
>
> There is a need for something like a video introduction into FM that can be
> easily translated into various languages.
>
> Regards
> Tomi
>
>
>
>
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