<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmschwar@fas.harvard.edu">bmschwar@fas.harvard.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">They are a single, indivisible cause, and also the entire reason for the</div>
existence of Sugar.<br>
<br>
Many operating systems provide users with a set of powerful tools for<br>
manipulating ideas and data. Sugar's purpose is to add another dimension:<br>
to encourage users to modify and share the tools themselves. To that end,<br>
if my friend sends me a modified copy of an activity, I must be able to<br>
run it without fear of wrecking my system.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>On the contrary, learning to develop software is almost impossible without wrecking your system once or twice. </div><div><br></div><div>Backups are the correct solution to this problem, not some crazy security system. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Wade</div></div>