On 1/6/02 3:52 AM, "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 16:10, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: >> I was leafing through my copy of "A Pattern Language" by Alexander, >> Ishikawa and Silverstein, which is really about architecture of human >> habitat (buildings and environs), and ran across some interesting >> assertions about society and groups. > > good book. > >> The summary for me is that I think that the Apache sub communities are >> valuable, and should be kept. > > ok. > > I guess thats one reading of it but if anything the snippets you provided > seem to me to encourage merging of XML and jakarta if anything ;) > > Effectively XML/Jakarta would become a single city with a mosaic of > subcultures. Already we have different sub-cultures which are effectively > defined by the committers - when a committer is a member of multiple projects > they tend to imbue the projects with their own "culture". Apache is a single city with a mosaic of subcultures, some of which might be really different in their interests and behaviors, and some are very much alike. Because we are all under one umbrella, and we have open, porous borders, we are free to visit and even belong to other subcultures as well. > > However I guess you were trying to support the exact opposit view so I will > shut up now ;) > Don't shut up, but yes indeed I was :) -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "He who throws mud only loses ground." - Fat Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
