[sugar] Privately-owned data on XOs?

Antoine van Gelder hummingbird
Fri Aug 24 04:17:18 EDT 2007


Samuel Klein wrote:
> Having user documents that are innately private runs counter to the
> principles of an environment designed for sharing.


I'd double-check that assumption.

The very act of sharing _requires_ that there be something which has not 
yet been shared.

If everything is shared by default then you cannot participate in an 
environment designed for sharing as the decision to share has already 
been made for you!

QED

  - antoine

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