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0 pointssmitty1e4y ago0 comments

Moltke seems more credible than Marx:

“No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.”

http://connect2amc.com/118-strategic-planning-moltke-the-eld...

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That citation appears as irrelevant completely to the topic.

If you want more relevant citation then this: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" (C) Lao Tzu

For that matter I would say that first major step to real FOSS was made in 1917. But it was too early and shouldn't that brutally enforced. Evolution is the only reasonable way to get anywhere in such complex systems.

Relevant fact: all hardware and software in USSR was Open Source. Any non-trivial product must be and was accompanied by full schematics. Software sources must be printed out, etc. By law.

smitty1eOP4y ago

"The difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory."--Herb Sutter in C++ User's Journal

hutzlibu4y ago

"That citation appears as irrelevant completely to the topic."

The point was, that marxism as a theory is only a plan - and that plan did not really worked out in reality so far.

And if you want to paint the USSR in a golden FOSS picture, well I would suggest talking with people who actually lived there and were not in a privileged party position. And it would be news to me, that the USSR published their tank, aircraft or rockets schematics.

c-smile4y ago

> USSR in a golden FOSS picture

I do not have such intention. I just wanted to point out particular fact.

> I would suggest talking with people who actually lived there

I do that every day. With myself.

> privileged party position

That's definitely not about myself.

> the USSR published their tank, aircraft or rockets schematics.

I had a rank of Lieutenant (Reserve) of Strategic Forces of USSR and specialty "Control Systems of Ballistic Missiles".

Trust me, end users of these devices had full schematics :)

DarylZero4y ago

>marxism as a theory is only a plan

It's not a plan. Marx specifically avoided any such planning and explained why. Marxism is a theory about capitalism. It's not a plan at all.

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soco4y ago

Mike Tyson: "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

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c-smile4y ago

That citation appears as irrelevant completely to the topic.

If you want more relevant citation then this: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" (C) Lao Tzu

Relevant fact: all hardware and software in USSR was Open Source. Any non-trivial product must be and was accompanied by full schematics. Software sources must be printed out, etc. By law.

smitty1eOP4y ago

"The difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory."--Herb Sutter in C++ User's Journal

hutzlibu4y ago

"That citation appears as irrelevant completely to the topic."

The point was, that marxism as a theory is only a plan - and that plan did not really worked out in reality so far.

c-smile4y ago

> USSR in a golden FOSS picture

I do not have such intention. I just wanted to point out particular fact.

> I would suggest talking with people who actually lived there

I do that every day. With myself.

> privileged party position

That's definitely not about myself.

> the USSR published their tank, aircraft or rockets schematics.

I had a rank of Lieutenant (Reserve) of Strategic Forces of USSR and specialty "Control Systems of Ballistic Missiles".

Trust me, end users of these devices had full schematics :)

DarylZero4y ago

>marxism as a theory is only a plan

It's not a plan. Marx specifically avoided any such planning and explained why. Marxism is a theory about capitalism. It's not a plan at all.

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soco4y ago

Mike Tyson: "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse