Why not use votation system?

Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller hns at computer.org
Mon Jun 16 06:49:02 CEST 2008


Depends on what you want to get out of the opinion poll.

An expert view or a "mass market" view. Or a democratic expert decision?

They may (and will!) differ and my proposal would be to get a view  
into both.

Nikolaus

Am 15.06.2008 um 21:18 schrieb steve:

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> Could we  weight votes by  code committed. No code. No vote.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org
> [mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Michele  
> Renda
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 1:25 AM
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> Subject: Re: Why not use votation system?
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> Hi Steve
>
> I think I was a bit mis-understood.
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> I didn't told that all the decisions must to be took with a votation  
> system!
> If we would do so I think we will not have a phone, but a microwave.
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> My idea was only: when Openmoko has to take a decision between two
> equivalent solution and WANT to know the opinions of the comunity to  
> use a
> votation system. But only for opinion asked by OM, like it was for  
> the audio
> jacket.
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> And in every case must to be clear that also if the votation say  
> "choose A"
> the final decision must to be tooken by OM, because you must to  
> invest on
> it.
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> I hope I clarified something :)
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> steve wrote:
>> The complexity of the decision is deeper than that.
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>> It involves cost, engineering budget, schedule, price, return on
>> investment, parts availability.
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Brad
>> Midgley
>> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:12 PM
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>> Subject: Re: Why not use votation system?
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>> Michele
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>>> Do you want feature X or feature Y?
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>> you might need a table representing the cost and business feasibility
>> of each feature. We've seen a lot more transparency on the 3g  
>> decision
>> recently which reveals it to be more complicated than people thought.
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>> --
>> Brad
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