[Mediawiki-l] status of permissions

[Jan Steinman]

> From: Iv Ray <pobox at verysmall.org>
>
> Jan Steinman schrieb:
>>
>> Good designs for anarchy and consensus tend to
>> make poor designs for hierarchy and control.
>
> ... thanks God, there are people in MediaWiki, who think about good
> design...


I see you missed my point completely.

My objection was strictly to your categorization of "good design" as  
"designed the way I think it should be done." Design serves a purpose.  
It does not necessarily serve *your* purpose. In fact, a good design  
for one purpose may well be a completely poor design for another  
purpose. That's why hammers aren't used for driving screws.

:::: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look  
at change. -- Wayne Dyer.
:::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Item/99AO08-18>