RE: [ossig] FOSSCON 2005

[Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel <Udippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In our culture, its "take, take, take". Even information sharing is
> sparse. Always afraid that the younger one will overtake you in
> knowledge. Teach them nine tricks but never the tenth

> Its a cultural thing, I think. Sad, but true 

I guess so: a cultural thing. As third party observer, at least. It's the
same in arts, music: by the way. To me it's not 'sad' per se.
And also in the universities it is similar.

I wouldn't even accept 'bad apples'. A scorpion stings you 'by default'; and
so it remains a pan-asian tradition not to tell the last secret of your
success to anybody. 
Talked to especially a lot of (asian) musicians about this. All of them go -
have to go - overseas to someone who doesn't mind telling and showing
everything and anything. 

On the other hand: I cannot understand why. Take one example, Lat. He has a
gift of observation and drawing these observations into a few lines,
characterising the people. If he told you all and anything about his work,
showed his tools and papers; you still couldn't do like him.

Okay, a second example: the trainer of a team of whatever sports. Finally,
it is not the trainer who can be made ultimately responsible for success (or
failure). You cannot get the best tennis player in the world and make him
train your kids such that they score in Wimbledon. And if they don't, you
tell the trainer to bow out for his 'failure'.

We should keep this in mind, though, on both sides of the spectrum.

Uwe


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