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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:32:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joe Schaefer <joe_schaefer@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Joe Schaefer <joe_schaefer@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: On parks, commons, and websites
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Well not quite.=A0 I view the paid infra staff=0Aas the people who "manage =
the park".=A0 Ie the=0Ahardware and software that provides it, not=0Athe co=
mmunity of visitors who exercise the=0Aphysical resources to create intelle=
ctual=0Aassets (ie the commons).=0A=0A=0AHTH=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A>_______________=
_________________=0A> From: Donald Whytock <dwhytock@gmail.com>=0A>To: ooo-=
dev@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer <joe_schaefer@yahoo.com> =0A>Sent: T=
uesday, July 17, 2012 3:29 PM=0A>Subject: Re: On parks, commons, and websit=
es=0A> =0A>I like the spirit of your analogy.=A0 The overall message is tha=
t, if=0A>something needs doing, and you see it needs doing, you doing it is=
 the=0A>way to see it gets done fastest, and that if you recognize the need=
,=0A>then its getting done is something that benefits you, among others.=0A=
>=0A>There's an important difference, though.=A0 There are no rangers in th=
is=0A>park.=A0 No one's employed by the park to get something done.=A0 Mayb=
e=0A>someone's employed by one of the office buildings next to the park=0A>=
because they want nice scenery.=A0 But the park itself has no employees.=0A=
>So if no one does something, it simply doesn't get done.=0A>=0A>Perhaps a =
better analogy is a remote sparse community in mountain or=0A>wilderness ar=
eas, where there isn't much in the way of government=0A>oversight and publi=
c works.=A0 If you need a bridge over a chasm, you=0A>build it or there's n=
o bridge.=A0 If livestock need a well, you dig it=0A>or there's no water.=
=A0 Anyone who stands around waiting for something=0A>to get done is likely=
 to get (a) very hungry, (b) laughed at or (c)=0A>shot by someone who's str=
uggling to do it for himself.=0A>=0A>This community is probably somewhere b=
etween the two.=0A>=0A>=0A>
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