November 21, 2005

More on the growing problems surrounding "Open Source Media."

A Partner Scorned

But in my opinion Roger L. Simon thought so little of me that he felt he could do with me as he pleased, and then fast-talk his way out of any possible problems. After all, I was Jethro Bodine and nothing more.
[The “Certain Thing” - DennisThePeasant - Kenton E. Kelly - 11-20-05]

I'm still waiting to see OSM straighten itself out. The debut was hardly that of a powerhouse site, and changes, I'm told, are in the works. I hope quickly in the works. The site needs more action, pizzazz, and raison d'etre. Believe me, I've thrown much more than two cents into the internal discussion about the site, its problems, and the potential solutions...
OSM's startup problems have not been ideological; they've been editorial. The content and presentation have not been sufficiently compelling.
[Winning the War...over the War/OSM's Less-than-Stellar Launch - David Corn - 11-19-05]

You may not need good ethics or manners to succeed in business, but I can't imagine that this much taint attached to the CEO of a brand new company is a good thing.
[Big Roundup Post on OSM/Open Source Media/Open Sores Media/Pajamas Media/Name to be Announced Media Problems and Controversies - The Young Curmudgeon - 11-21-05]

Recently my OSM colleagues and I have been subjected to all kinds of criticism, much of it well intentioned and warranted. But a fair amount has been surprisingly personal, bordering on the abusive. (My wife and I were about to allow our precocious daughter to have an internet connection, but now we think we'll postpone it.) Some of this criticism came from people my colleagues and I thought were friends who did not even give us the common courtesy of querying us on why we did a certain thing. Besides being rude, that's not very good reporting from an MSM or blog perspective.

Of course, we at OSM are making all kinds of mistakes. This is something brand new and we're going to be flopping around for some time, much like a kid learning to ride a bicycle. And even when we learn to ride, we're going to run into plenty of brick walls. But frankly I've been rather upset by some of the more personal criticisms and listening to Judith reminded me of what my words could do. I don't know if she read them at the time through that glass partition. I didn't have the guts to ask her and, if she had, she was too gracious to say so. But in the future I'm going to try to be more careful about how I phrase things when they impinge on the personal. You don't have to be a Buddhist to see the karma in that.
[Words - Roger L. Simon - 11-18-05]

I’m not sure what their lawyers confirmed, because an email to the domain’s registration service provider could have determined that the URL is still registered for our use.
[The Name Problem, Part II - Open Source Media - 11-18-05]