I think it would be useful to replace the rights bit with those
things re-stated from the vendors perspective; on the basis that a
manifesto is about things that you intend to do rather than things
you want others to respect and also on the basis that it is clear who
you want to hear your message.

rob


On 6 Nov 2007, at 18:33, Roy Tennant wrote:

> On 11/6/07 10:27 AM, "Jonathan Gorman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> How about an equivalent list from the vendor/software developer's
>> perspective?
>> I think that would help balance the picture, but perhaps that's
>> already in
>> your plans ;).
>
> Funny you should ask...I had originally intended to do this, but
> then I was
> wondering if it start to be redundant -- that is, would a number of
> points
> simply be restated from the vendor's viewpoint? But if there are
> unique
> points to make from that perspective it would be worthwhile to
> include them.
> This is an area where I consider myself even more ignorant than
> usual, so if
> those of you who work on that side of the fence would like to chime
> in with
> relevant manifesto points from the perspective of developers and
> vendors,
> I'm all ears. Thanks,
> Roy