Yea!!! There is alot of discussion on this article and there are an awful lot of people all over discussing this topic, but the conversation most often begins and ends with 'planning' meaning 'how do we control this or that' Strong, healthy, sustainable systems require the planning of a gardner more than an engineer. This applies with computer systems as well (you mention the Net as a perfect example) The mantra of simplicity and extensibility that is (not often enough) heard in computer systems design is very close to designing components that work and play well with others and can grow organically.
The Pullman district south of Chicago was a corporate community designed and built "the first planned industrial town in America" in 1880.
The company, company housing, company stores, company schools and company churches, etc. were the only resources allowed in the town. During the 1880's, repeated wage cuts and rents and prices in the town that kept steady or rose, led to a strike in 1894.
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Yea!!!
There is alot of discussion on this article and there are an awful lot of people all over discussing this topic, but the conversation most often begins and ends with 'planning' meaning 'how do we control this or that'
Strong, healthy, sustainable systems require the planning of a gardner more than an engineer. This applies with computer systems as well (you mention the Net as a perfect example) The mantra of simplicity and extensibility that is (not often enough) heard in computer systems design is very close to designing components that work and play well with others and can grow organically.
The Pullman district south of Chicago was a corporate community designed and built "the first planned industrial town in America" in 1880.
u llman_strike.html
The company, company housing, company stores, company schools and company churches, etc. were the only resources allowed in the town. During the 1880's, repeated wage cuts and rents and prices in the town that kept steady or rose, led to a strike in 1894.
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/p