Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Ruminations on Arch Desiderata

[Paul Snively]

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On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 09:20  AM, Tom Lord wrote:

> > From: Paul Snively <address@hidden>
>
> > I'm always surprised when people propose essentially social
> > solutions and expect them not to have unacceptable failure rates. :-)
>
> Sometimes the possibility of that kind of failure is a feature, not a
> bug.   "Unacceptable" to whom?

In the context that I'm thinking of at the moment, anyone who feels 
they had an opportunity cost thrust upon them because there was a 
communication breakdown and the "well-known service" wasn't known to 
them, despite their having the right collaborative tool(s) and being on 
the local network.

>   To the members of a group that ceases
> to cooperate?   Apparently not.
Certainly voluntary withdrawal is fine; it's involuntary withdrawal 
that I'm suggesting is a worthwhile problem to investigate.

> -t

Best regards,
Paul

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