PM and spokesperson are clear, but I can´t really see how this academy is supposed to work?
Me either. This is a question of succession management. When a really big project changes hands from one group of people to another group of people, the group in control usually goes around and shows the incoming group all the ins-and-outs of what is going on. This leads to a smooth transition.
What we have here is a group in control that deliberately is rejecting contact with the group it expects to take over the reigns, and isn't even going to leave them any documentation (whitepaper, code comments) to read on their own. Maybe this is due to language barriers, maybe this is due to a true desire for anonymity, I don't know, but it is a huge huge huge burden to overcome. And, it seems to me, a needless burden that shouldn't be there.
Most of all, there is a growing sense of frustration on both sides I think. BCNext and CfB are always making statements that the community is not living up to expectations and its own potential. The community just wants some goddamn basic clarity on a few key, fundamental points. I shake my head in bewilderment and confusion about how such a situation can exist.
It will probably not end well.
I have discussed this several times here and I think all that needs to happen is BCNext announcing what he plans to do before he leaves the project. Same with CfB so that the community can stop speculating on what part these guys are going to play down the line. Then it's ALL on our shoulders.
I do think we as a community can organize ourselves and do this, I don't doubt it for one second. But we first need to get rid of the smoke and mirrors, the dust has to settle and so we can start with what we have and build on top of it.
We need a strong development team, if we have to hire more developers: then we simply do that.
We need a strong marketing team, fulltime workers that can make sure that NXT will be in the news and in different areas that it'll gain attention daily.
We need a vision...
It's not really THAT hard, it's just that the way things have been handled so far is all wrong.
I appreciate everything BCNext and CfB has brought to the table, but like they themselves say: they are leaving the project completley in our hands soon and we have to be independent. But for NXT to become independent we first have to get a comprehensive view of the current situation.
