From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 21 23:51:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from hand.dotat.at (sfo-gw.covalent.net [207.44.198.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85E3037B4EC for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:51:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fanf@dotat.at) Received: from fanf by hand.dotat.at with local (Exim 3.20 #3) id 14VqXD-00031k-00; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 07:51:31 +0000 Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 07:51:31 +0000 From: Tony Finch To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape story Message-ID: <20010222075131.A9337@hand.dotat.at> References: <20010221212930.A11954@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200102220606.XAA07799@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200102220606.XAA07799@usr05.primenet.com> Organization: Covalent Technologies, Inc Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert 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