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Not Invented Here Syndrome has been around a long time. But it used to indicate a sort of conservatism and fear in corporate culture. This NIHS seems more the

by spenuke 11y ago

Not Invented Here Syndrome has been around a long time. But it used to indicate a sort of conservatism and fear in corporate culture. This NIHS seems more the result of ADHD and impatience, sprinkled with a little enlightened precociousness. You can see it in the satire surrounding computer programming. In the 90s, Dilbert had insight into the causes of NIHS. These days, Silicon Valley hits closer to the target. (PS: the creator of this package looks to be getting a lot of flak here. Kudos to them for doing it, but they would benefit from understanding why it's such a shallow "replacement" for Cygwin.)

manyxcxi 11y ago
> (PS: the creator of this package looks to be getting a lot of flak here. Kudos to them for doing it, but they would benefit from understanding why it's such a shallow "replacement" for Cygwin.) I agree. Like I said, I think it's a cool excercise. I'm all for doing things just to learn and explore. Which is what I'd classify this as. The things you learn doing stuff like this will likely help you in the future in some tangential way. No one should be excoriated for practicing their craft, especially in a case like this where it's a nifty project. The problem is when you put down other projects or even OSes in this case that, frankly, are immensely more powerful and useful than what you've put forth. I think lacking the 'without the suck', it probably wouldn't have gotten much attention, especially the negative.