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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: New Voting Rules
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Date: 22 Oct 89 18:13:43 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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First of all, this proposal is *not* a variant of the STV system. This is
a weighting system, whereas STV is a priority system. If you don't under-
stand the difference between weighting and priority, don't worry... you're
in good company: the people who designed the UNIX scheduler didn't either.
Trust me... there's a difference.

Secondly, this is the most complex proposal I've seen so far, with no clear
advantage over STV or even Alien Wells' scheme. There's a problem that needs
to be fixed, but anything this complex is just not going to work.
-- 
Peter da Silva, *NIX support guy @ Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
Biz: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Fun: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-'
"I feared that the committee would decide to go with their previous        'U`
 decision unless I credibly pulled a full tantrum." -- dmr@alice.UUCP