Comments on: A Camel is a Horse Designed by Committee http://blog.alexzender.com/2009/03/29/a-camel-is-a-horse-designed-by-committee/ Just another bunch of coding thoughts by Alexander Vushkan Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alexander Vushkan http://blog.alexzender.com/2009/03/29/a-camel-is-a-horse-designed-by-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-1834 Alexander Vushkan Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:26:26 +0000 http://blog.alexzender.com/?p=107#comment-1834 I see what you are saying. The original idea of this allegory is the shape of the camel comparably to a horse. Once a group of people start working on something, sometimes original horse will get a hump. Shape will change. And that's not what was supposed to build. Of course, camel is more advanced animal in one cases, and horse is better in other ones. These are different animals living in different zones. They were created to serve different tasks. E.g. how many so advanced camels will be able to live comfortably in our zone? Never mind, that's out of scope of this topic. Just forget about physical(functional) factors of camel, think about the shape. That's the original point. I see what you are saying. The original idea of this allegory is the shape of the camel comparably to a horse. Once a group of people start working on something, sometimes original horse will get a hump. Shape will change. And that’s not what was supposed to build. Of course, camel is more advanced animal in one cases, and horse is better in other ones. These are different animals living in different zones. They were created to serve different tasks. E.g. how many so advanced camels will be able to live comfortably in our zone? Never mind, that’s out of scope of this topic.

Just forget about physical(functional) factors of camel, think about the shape. That’s the original point.

]]> By: Vsevolod http://blog.alexzender.com/2009/03/29/a-camel-is-a-horse-designed-by-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Vsevolod Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:29:20 +0000 http://blog.alexzender.com/?p=107#comment-1507 I mean, that the example is not the best one to illustrate, that design by committee yields poor results (or maybe a good one, to illustrate, that it may yield good results ;). In many regards camel is a great horse: more durable, faster, requires less maintainance. Maybe it looks not so cool, but great engineering is often so (look at google) I mean, that the example is not the best one to illustrate, that design by committee yields poor results (or maybe a good one, to illustrate, that it may yield good results ;) . In many regards camel is a great horse: more durable, faster, requires less maintainance. Maybe it looks not so cool, but great engineering is often so (look at google)

]]> By: Alexander Vushkan http://blog.alexzender.com/2009/03/29/a-camel-is-a-horse-designed-by-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 Alexander Vushkan Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:54:58 +0000 http://blog.alexzender.com/?p=107#comment-1502 Of course it is. But the task was to design a horse :) Shapes get different once group of people works on the same. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it isn't. That's a point - to apply right tools in different cases. The same goes for committee pattern. Of course it is. But the task was to design a horse :) Shapes get different once group of people works on the same. Sometimes it’s good. Sometimes it isn’t. That’s a point – to apply right tools in different cases.
The same goes for committee pattern.

]]> By: Vsevolod http://blog.alexzender.com/2009/03/29/a-camel-is-a-horse-designed-by-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-1476 Vsevolod Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:11:36 +0000 http://blog.alexzender.com/?p=107#comment-1476 But, you know, a camel is one of most technologically advanced animals in the world (there's even a TED talk on that: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/keith_bellows_on_the_camel_s_hump.html ;) But, you know, a camel is one of most technologically advanced animals in the world (there’s even a TED talk on that: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/keith_bellows_on_the_camel_s_hump.html ;)

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