Hi Tom,
Actually what I thought I was proposing was "more spirited schools".
Also centralized planning works best when you happen to be at the centre
(cf. Mr. Gates and Mr. Broz), for the rest of us, at the ends of pipelines
of diminishing dimensions, co-ordinated networks are much preferred (and
in the end probably deliver the code (and the black bread) better than
C3 systems).
M
On Wed, 26 May 1999, Tom Walker wrote:
>Are you saying what we need is more "school spirit"? It seems to me that the
>cathedral/bazaar dichotomy simply gives a kitsch veneer to the
>well-entrenched neo-liberal critique of centralized planning. I happen to
>appreciate parts of that critique, but only the negative parts.
>
>I gaze at your list of positive features . . .
>
> transparency
> flexibility
> interactivity
> immediacy
> multi-nodality and
> network interoperability
>
>. . . and frankly wonder where is a Diogenes in this scheme? Where is a
>Goethe or a Dante or a Nicolai Bukharin, for that matter. In other words, I
>don't see any passion for ideas, only an incessant reconfiguration of
>positions. Somehow this kind of rearranging of deck chairs might be more
>palatable if it was accompanied by an expanding public expenditure. But I've
>had my fill of post-it note brain storming on how to cope in a world of
>diminishing expectations.
>
>Sorry to be so sour. I have a toothache.
>
>
>regards,
>
>Tom Walker
>http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/covenant.htm
>
>
>
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