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Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 13:52:05 -0700 From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net> Subject: Orthogonality and Disaster Recovery

One of the themes of modern computing I strongly support is that of "orthogonality," or clean functionality.

Any idea how a term meaning 'at right angles' came to hold all the various interpretations it now does?... I see this word in a lot of my reading and it almost never implies any sort of 'indipendent multi-variant reference system'. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|