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The | The '''Develop'''ment '''term'''s describe the highly technical and political process by which [[Consumerium:priority]] is set. The terms used must be able to make both [[ontological distinction]]s and [[operational distinction]]s central to the project, and terms that confuse these distinctions must be rejected. | ||
Obviously, this is true in [[source code]] where detailed distinctions will cause you to succeed or fail. But it is also just as true when you [[specify]]: | Obviously, this is true in [[source code]] where detailed distinctions will cause you to succeed or fail. But it is also just as true when you [[specify]]: | ||
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=== [[politics as usual]] === | === [[politics as usual]] === | ||
Eventually this will become the nastiest form of politics imaginable, as the [[Consumerium buying signal]] starts to change people's [[buying habit]]s and [[individual buying criteria]], and as [[institutional buying criteria]] start to exclude, systematically, whole classes of products and services. [[Funded troll]]s can be expected to pile in, and gleefully use every trick in and out of the [[trollbook]] to steer development towards things in their funders' favour, and away from things they want "not done". | Eventually this will become the nastiest form of politics imaginable, as the [[Consumerium buying signal]] starts to change people's [[buying habit]]s and [[individual buying criteria]], and as [[institutional buying criteria]] start to exclude, systematically, whole classes of products and services. [[Funded troll]]s can be expected to pile in, and gleefully use every trick in and out of the [[trollbook]] to steer development towards things in their funders' favour, and away from things they want "not done". | ||
Given the contention success will cause, its best to think of the [[Develop Wiki]] as a very [[political wiki]] on day one, more so even than the [[Research Wiki]]. A good list of [[wiki best practice]]s appropriate to these is at [[DoWire]] [http://dowire.org/wiki | Given the contention success will cause, its best to think of the [[Develop Wiki]] as a very [[political wiki]] on day one, more so even than the [[Research Wiki]]. A good list of [[wiki best practice]]s appropriate to these is at [[DoWire]] [http://dowire.org/wiki .org]: | ||
*[http://dowire.org/wiki/wiki_best_practice dowire.org wiki best practice] list | *[http://dowire.org/wiki/wiki_best_practice dowire.org wiki best practice] list | ||