[ubuntu-za] The Dymaxion Thread

[David Robert Lewis]

Robert Holm wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 14:00 +0200, David Robert Lewis wrote:
>   
>> I guess this is probably going to lead to a posting on Indlovu and leads 
>> on from my earlier quesioning about versioning, and how we can escape 
>> the insane Canonical versioning system, whilst still adhearing to Ubuntu.
>>
>> The Dymaxion, is a word I use to refer to the final form of a 
>> technology. It was coined by an associate of Bucky Fuller who saw it as 
>> an encapsulation of his ideas.
>>
>> In which case, the idea is that for most instances, nothing can be done 
>> to improve the basic form of a solid, eg: a Geodesic Dome.
>>
>> For example, an Icosohedron is a basic structure. Once technology 
>> reaches its dymaxion or  ultimate truth, no advancement can occur unless 
>> there is a paradigmatic shift to a new level of organisation or 
>> consciousness. I'm not about to get religious hear, its just easy to 
>> forget that most progress happens relatively early on in any project and 
>> over time reaches stasis, unless a new form of radical organisation is 
>> proposed.
>>
>> Hence the Dymaxion Thread.
>>     
>
> Doesn't this sort of thing rather belong on a personal blog?
> In my opinion this is not the purpose of the mailing list.
>
> Robert
>
>
>   
Was just wondering how people felt about Ubuntu versioning? Is there a 
way to escape, surely some things are going to remain the same for the 
foreseeable future?

-D

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