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Re: [spf-discuss] "In other words, it's fairly easy to get SPF wrong. "

2005-12-30 03:00:57
Mark Holm wrote:

Essentially, SPF is an open source initiative.  The only significant
weapon open source really has over commercial and govenmental interests,
is the possibility of being lighter on their feet, of getting things
done faster, of becoming the defacto (and perhaps dejure) standard
before the elephants get their feet unstuck from the mud.   SPF started
out this way.  The extreme argumentation phase that went on during the
summer and fall of 2004 really bogged things down, and SPF, as a
movement, has not recovered yet, over a year later.  It wasn't MS that
bogged SPF down, it was the willingness of too many SPF supporters to
let themselves be dragged into fruitless arguments.  That sapped the
momentum.  If you want to get momentum again, you have to get going on
making SPF really available to the people that need to implement it.
You are behind the curve now.
I have said it before and i'll say it again: if you are so worried about this do something about it! Write that documentation, become involved in the new website initiative. Don't expect a few souls to do everything for you... Because those few souls will probably burn out quite fast if you do expect this..

On a plus side, 'customer support' is still up and running for spf, so when people have problems or questions they will usually get proper help and instructions from some of the most experienced SPF guys out here within a week.

Best,

Koen

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