From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 3 17:48:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CAC316A4D3 for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 17:48:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com (webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0C1843D1F for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 17:48:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fteg@london.com) Received: from unknown (unknown [192.168.9.180])53079180058A for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 17:47:56 +0000 (GMT) X-OB-Received: from unknown (205.158.62.49) by wfilter.us4.outblaze.com; 3 May 2005 17:47:56 -0000 Received: by ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9C94E4BEB4; Tue, 3 May 2005 17:47:54 +0000 (GMT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [213.187.181.70] by ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com with http for fteg@london.com; Tue, 03 May 2005 12:47:54 -0500 From: "Fafa Hafiz Krantz" To: joel_rees@sannet.ne.jp, questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 12:47:54 -0500 X-Originating-Ip: 213.187.181.70 X-Originating-Server: ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com Message-Id: <20050503174754.9C94E4BEB4@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> Subject: OPEN SOURCE MASTERPLANS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 17:48:07 -0000 Hello Joel! > Pardon the top post, but master plans are for totalitarian governments=20 > and bureaucracies. Their sole purpose is to assist in perpetuating=20 > established institutions. (No institution is going to plan it's own=20 > demise. Oh, and how well they serve their purpose is a subject of some=20 > debate.) I meant the sort of masterplans that are for people to follow. And maybe, in some cases, democratic governments in countries where there is no such thing as established institutions. 3rd world governments have by now realized that it is wiser to privatize rather than to perpetuate -- which again brings up plans for people to follow. > Maybe what you should be asking for is examples of business plans,=20 > although those are all too often used by the powers that be to keep=20 > small businesses from growing and threatening the status quo. Informal=20 > operating policies and such might also be of interest. Right now any example will do. Thank you for your worthy input! -- Fafa Hafiz Krantz Senior Designer @ http://www.home.no/barbershop Furious @ http://www.home.no/barbershop/smart/sharon.pdf --=20 ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm