[PD] DIY GSoC: getting those projects done

[Andy Farnell]

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:03:55 +0000
Chris McCormick <chris at mccormick.cx> wrote:

> Also, I hate to be cynical, but
> I can't see any way even remotely in which Google could use Pd to make a
> profit. ;) 


Profit aside, you can make a fundamental partition in computing 
between forward looking systems (predictive, generative, 
hypothetical, AI, imaginative type systems) and backward 
looking (retrospective, analytical, indexing, organising, 
sort, search, existing value based systems). A bit like left 
and right brain faculties. Most problems involve elements of 
both, but Google's domain (search) really falls more into the 
latter, while applications of Pd are constructive and fall 
better into the former. 


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