*Chuckle* Comparing this to "science" and "engineering" brings to mind another area where CS is a bit behind. There is superb physics concepts inventory for CS...
In the literature, I've been able to find discussions of a CS inventory - explaining the need for such an inventory and outlining elements that should be on such an inventory (Herman et al.; Goldman et al.; cf. Dehnadi & Bornat...). Given this state of affairs - a clear delineation of the open source way would be ahead of the curve. Side note - What about "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" or "Free as in Freedom" - do either or both of these texts qualify as delineating the (FO)OS way? On 08/21/2012 08:50 AM, [email protected] wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Mel Chua - [email protected] wrote: >> >> I'm still frustrated by the phrase "the open source way" not being backed up >> by anything other than anecdotes. What the heck does that mean? I want to >> make sure that, when we talk about "teaching open source," we're not just >> waving our hands around excitedly about shiny stuff -- so I'm sidestepping >> to look at how other groups in other areas have built deep, rich, enduring >> understandings and transformations, because the approach of getting >> frustrated and burnt-out banging my head against *just* the TOS wall seems >> counterproductive. Mmm, learning. >> > > There was a time when Science and Engineering were nebulous concepts. > Then folks like Michael Faraday came along and started insisting that > theories had to be backed up by experiment, not just the consensus of > the practitioners. > > Perhaps you can find someone who has an interest in the History of > Science and Engineering who can help you understand how we came to use > the phrase "to Engineer" as superior to "to make". Surely that would > bear on the issue you have. > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
