Guy Fawkes recently posted darkly about.... well, about many things. In part, though, he posted about this idea:
If the Google calendar was not at http://www.google.com/calendar/ but was at http://www.cia.gov/calendar/ as a byte perfect clone, all the (perfectly reasonable) arguments made by the Google fanboys would evaporate, and yet, the tool in question would be identical.
That's an engineering challenge, actually! Here's how I see it:
I hereby postulate the Principle of Cultural-Determination by Engineering:
We become what we build.
For example, if we build many radios but just one transmitter tower, then a few of us will become broadcasters and many listeners. Another example: if we build widget that comes in a sealed case with no usefully serviceable parts, then some of us become authorized repair/exchange agents and others become potential cutomers for extended warranties and service agreements.
