Thanks for the precision, definitely puts it all into perspective! I knew about KISS, but almost every time I hear someone mention it they think about ease not

Thanks for the precision, definitely puts it all into perspective! I knew about KISS, but almost every time I hear someone mention it they think about ease not simplicity. I will also definitely check out Brooks' paper. While I understand your position, I believe a lot of this has been lost to the new generations of engineers and what Rich did is remind them of it.