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It's great that they're getting so much open-source help, but I'm going to ask the obvious question: if a "complete overhaul" is what's needed, as the author se
by mayank 16y ago
It's great that they're getting so much open-source help, but I'm going to ask the obvious question: if a "complete overhaul" is what's needed, as the author seems to imply, and the FOSS community performs said overhaul, then what of the $250k that was given to the Diaspora guys? Is it still even "Diaspora" anymore, as opposed to a FOSS project?
- tariq 16y agoagreed. not sure what direction they intend to go in
- jlgbecom 16y agoAnd more importantly, if you're going to rewrite, why help Diaspora, and not a more mature option?
- T_S_ 16y agoWhat more more mature option were you thinking of?
- mayank 16y agoHere you go! There's not just one, but a whole bunch! http://gitorious.org/social/pages/ProjectComparison http://gitorious.org/social/pages/ProjectComparison
- kennedywm 16y agoBecause momentum and attention are more important than maturity. The qualities that come from maturity can be built with work; momentum and attention aren't as much of a function of hard work and are far more difficult to capture.
- jlgbecom 16y agoMomentum can die as fast as it builds, while maturity is lasting. All these projects are in active development, and it'll be very difficult for Diaspora to catch up.
- drdaeman 16y agoAnd this is what always happen. The choice between security, maturity and dancing bunnies is always skewed in a wrong direction.
- RyanMcGreal 16y agoIt's an awful lot easier for a bunch of third parties to refactor and fix something that's bad, a piece at a time, than for a bunch of third parties to create something from nothing. Diaspora is a good thing, even if it's bad: the mere fact of its existence and the enthusiasm around making it better gives it a vector of development that a mere idea would never have.
- wmf 16y agoOne could argue that it's even easier for a bunch of third parties to improve something less bad like StatusNet, OneSocialWeb, or Appleseed, but apparently Diaspora has sucked all the air out of the room. Edit: I see jlgbecom already made a similar point below.