Comments on: Disaster as a spur to development http://talksahana.com/2008/11/17/disaster-as-a-spur-to-development/ the unofficial official sahana blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ross Gardler http://talksahana.com/2008/11/17/disaster-as-a-spur-to-development/#comment-428 Ross Gardler Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:20:07 +0000 http://talksahana.com/2008/11/17/disaster-as-a-spur-to-development/#comment-428 Paul, thanks for the calrification. I agree with your comments. We (OSS Watch - an open source advisory service to the UK education sector) plan to turn this blog post into a full case study on the validity of open development. I will ensure that the final version has the focus in the right place and will pass the case study to the Sahana team for review before publication. It will be a good few weeks before it reaches that stage though. Paul, thanks for the calrification. I agree with your comments.

We (OSS Watch - an open source advisory service to the UK education sector) plan to turn this blog post into a full case study on the validity of open development. I will ensure that the final version has the focus in the right place and will pass the case study to the Sahana team for review before publication.

It will be a good few weeks before it reaches that stage though.

]]> By: Paul C http://talksahana.com/2008/11/17/disaster-as-a-spur-to-development/#comment-426 Paul C Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:36:43 +0000 http://talksahana.com/2008/11/17/disaster-as-a-spur-to-development/#comment-426 Ross - thanks for the reply. It's not an inaccuracy about Sahana - it's just a personal opinion about the danger of narratives that take the line of "hey, this was a terrible thing, but something good came out of it". Those narratives can be valid, but not always. It wasn't intended as a criticism of the article, which I was glad to see out there. Ross - thanks for the reply. It’s not an inaccuracy about Sahana - it’s just a personal opinion about the danger of narratives that take the line of “hey, this was a terrible thing, but something good came out of it”. Those narratives can be valid, but not always. It wasn’t intended as a criticism of the article, which I was glad to see out there.

]]> By: Ross Gardler http://talksahana.com/2008/11/17/disaster-as-a-spur-to-development/#comment-424 Ross Gardler Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:04:13 +0000 http://talksahana.com/2008/11/17/disaster-as-a-spur-to-development/#comment-424 As the author of the post I'm interested in the comment that "The idea that good things can come from terrible events is not particularly accurate". If you could take a few minutes to explain the inaccuracy, either in a comment on the blog or via email I would be happy to address the issue in the post. I'm keen to ensure that the post accurately reflects the view of those who know more abut Sahana than I do. As the author of the post I’m interested in the comment that “The idea that good things can come from terrible events is not particularly accurate”. If you could take a few minutes to explain the inaccuracy, either in a comment on the blog or via email I would be happy to address the issue in the post.

I’m keen to ensure that the post accurately reflects the view of those who know more abut Sahana than I do.

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