I always get mixed in my metaphors and I'm sorta lost here. Joeseph Cambell( Mythology of Religeons) gave the best example I have heard. Johnny runs like a deer - is a simile. Johnny IS a deer - is the metaphor.
Confused in Nashville, thurman > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Street > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 9:19 AM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Time for a Metaphor > > Well, since VistA is medical in nature the petri dish came to mind first. > > I think we can add to the petri dish component. It contains, defines, > provides structure, environment for it's contents. Let's not discount the > work done by a good petri dish. I couldn't agree more. > > For someone just starting out with VistA sometimes a simple metaphor can > help > them visualize the structure of how the whole thing fits together. > Instead > of fretting over which petri dish/pot to use, the plastic one, the glass > one, > or the gold one. > > On Friday 27 May 2005 17:35, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > The problem I have with the metaphor is that the OS isn't a passive > > thing like a pot or petri dish, it does useful work (though you may not > > be ware of what it is doing -- scheduling, memory management, etc.) > > > > --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Couldn't you have a Pot, Good Soil and Beautiful Flowers instead of > > a petri dish!!! ;-) > > > > On Friday 27 May 2005 02:46 pm, Mark Street wrote: > > After reflecting on the Linux/distribution rhetoric some..... a simple > > metaphor is in order for the model we are assembling here with > > VistA. > > > I have opened the box, emptied all the contents on the table, quickly > > scanned the directions, assembled the parts and pieces together > > into a somewhat workable system. It is time for my metaphor. > > > 1. The computer operating system - VAX, UNIX, Linux, Windoze, etc. > > = A petri dish > > > 2. The database - Cache, GT.M = the blood ager medium for the > > organisms to grow. > > > 3. VistA, objects, routines, applications - mumps code = the > > organisms that grow and flourish on and in the medium. > > > As we can see, the OS is merely a container for the medium and the > > organisms. Which is why it really doesn't matter which distribution > > of Linux one uses. > > > If you have a consultant or contract with anyone who is experienced > > or proficient with UNIX/Linux it is not that difficult to get a petri > > dish out of the packaging. The OS is just a petri dish. ; ) Feel free > to > > clarify or add to this metaphor > > > Now, back to the mumps textbook. This stuff is strange..... no > > wonder you guys have been working with it for 20 years. : | > -- > Mark Street, RHCE > http://www.oswizards.com > -- > Key fingerprint = 3949 39E4 6317 7C3C 023E 2B1F 6FB3 06E7 D109 56C0 > GPG key http://www.oswizards.com/pubkey.asc > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own > Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
