Re: [xml-dev] The Rise of Worse is Better

[David Sheets <kosmo.zb@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Len Bullard <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com> wrote:
> The fail that matters is the one that put an Air France crew and
> passengers on the bottom of the Atlantic because fly by wire, frozen
> pitot tubes and a badly trained cabin crew accepted half-measures.  Pick
> your scale for worse.  They are still dead.

The scale that matters is the one that put a hyperlinked document
system on your desktop computer because text-based protocols, fluid
data models, and a liberal input policy condone half-measures.
We are still alive.

How do I evolve a jetliner?

David

> len
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Sheets [mailto:kosmo.zb@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:58 AM
> To: Len Bullard
> Cc: Costello, Roger L.; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] The Rise of Worse is Better
>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Len Bullard <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com>
> wrote:
>> Would you really want to fly in a jetliner built with that philosophy?
>
> Are you building a jetliner or an air travel industry? Different fails
> for different scales?
>
> David
>