[maemo-community] Brainstorm: useful?

[From: Andrew Flegg]

Hi,
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    This has been spun-off from an aside I made on -developers, as per
    Graham's request. It is not meant to be inflammatory, or suggest
    that the enthusiasm for discussion (from both Nokia and the
    community) is unwanted; just perhaps that we don't have the right
    tools and processes in place to handle them.
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Can anyone point to a brainstorm idea which has been successfully
implemented, or produced an outcome which reflects the benefits of an
actual, real-world, brainstorm? I'm increasingly forming the opinion
that brainstorm users often conflate problems and solutions, and the
whole concept is based around the opinion that everyone's opinion and
solutions are equal. They aren't: some people design better systems
than others.

Similarly, there's no chance of persuasion and debate. Mailing lists
are a much more powerful tool, IMHO. Perhaps brainstorm is best to eke
out the *requirements*, which are then fed to the experts on a mailing
list for debate and discussion as to how best to implement those
requirements? (Not that brainstorm really results in any ownership
either)

However, if people can point to it as a success story, I'll be very
happy to be dissuaded of this notion :-)

Thanks in advance,

Andrew

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