On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 09:47:30 Tim Churches wrote:
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>Oh dear. Perhaps Cito Maramba can arrange for you to spend a week or two
>in Tondo or Navotas in Manila, or Jorge Lehner can arrange a visit to
>some poor barrios in Managua?
Hi Tim,
Why should one waste resources just because one is not poor?
Why not be as "utilitarian" in the U.S. as in Manila or Managua?
The imperative appears to be the same everywhere regardless how much resources are
at our disposal!!!
This is ultimately very important because some day, Manila and Managua will have
much more resources to waste (as we now have in the so called developed countries)!!!
Should their "utilitarian imperative" change when that happens?
I hope not. That is why the open source model is universally applicable, regardless
whether one can afford to waste several billion dollars of human resources on
recreating the wheel every year.
The reason why I stated that the "utilitarian imperative" should be the same is not
that I don't understand the limitation of resources in some places. Rather, it is
because I believe having money/resources does not mean it is acceptable to be
wasteful. :-)
One of my favorite mottos is "Why recycle when we can not use?". It seems to me that
the open source model is very much about conservation and being environmentally
responsible.
Best regards,
Andrew
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Andrew P. Ho, M.D.
OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes
TxOutcome.Org (hosting OIO Library #1)
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
University of California, Los Angeles
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