Note that it's the "strong form" that's discredited, not that there is no relationship between phylogeny and ontogeny.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:39 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song... I know what you mean, and perhaps its true for VistA,but the "law of recapitulation" has been discredited since the beginning of the twentieth century. A nit-picking point, I know. But why it continues to be repeated is beyone me--except that it sounds so cool... http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/haeckel.html (see the last paragraph) Kevin --- "Richard G. DAVIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mano, > > I don't think an apology is needed for your mention > of the 'warts' on > DHCP/VistA. Yours is an old classical song on the > stage of VistA, a ballad > born of a pain which isn't going to go away. > > Remember, Mano, ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. > So, also is the path to > VistA a matter of reliving the past to a great > extent. Unfortunately the > DNA in VistA has not preserved many things that were > considered to be > "one-time" artifacts (e. G. documentation for > instance) of then current > operations. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
