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Nokia on its relationship with the open source community

Nokia on its relationship with the open source community

Posted Mar 14, 2008 16:07 UTC (Fri) by forthy (guest, #1525)
Parent article: Nokia on its relationship with the open source community

They should mention the word "listening" more often than "telling". This sounds like the typical top-down management style of a large company: Tell people down below what is OK and what not, what's the strategy, and what they have to do. NOT. This is not how you operate with the FOSS community. This is mistake number 1, and as long as you keep making it, progress is extremely difficult.


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