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RE: Categories of Mismatches between Producer andConsumer?

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• Subject: RE: Categories of Mismatches between Producer andConsumer?
• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 17:32:34 -0400
• In-reply-to: <5FC285666E68F542A3F8A0E8693BC41A02F160@c...>

At 02:23 PM 7/11/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>I agree with you completely. However, if you are interested in a framework 
>for what needs to be negotiated (by intelligent parties) before systems 
>are built, then, IMHO, Roger's categories are right on.
>
>Social context is a very good one. Reading the title of the original post, 
>I saw Producer as a machine and Consumer as a machine. Your interpretation 
>might vary :-)

Machines have gotten a lot cheaper and a lot smarter.  My interpretation 
varies because I give the machines (and their programmers) more credit for 
capabilities which include negotiation and interpretation, and all the 
"social" contexts which go with that.

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