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The famous article "The rise of 'Worse is Better'" describes the victory of Unix/C over the "right thing" style of design : https://www.dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWor
by kens 10y ago
The famous article "The rise of 'Worse is Better'" describes the victory of Unix/C over the "right thing" style of design : https://www.dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html https://www.dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html
Edit: I've changed the link. Thanks for letting me know about the bad redirect, golergka. The jwz link looked fine to me; it's pretty obnoxious if the site does a NSFW redirect.
- golergka 10y agoWarning: this link now redirects to a NSFW image about HN being a DDOS.
- hobs 10y agoNo the party didnt forget to check the link or have some joke in mind, jwz's site always does if you have HN as a referrer.
- digi_owl 10y agoJWZ may know his stuff, but damn he can be a salty asshole...
- hobs 10y agoI usually like to leave more substantive comments on HN, but I don't think he would be mad if I said "that's kind of his thing."
- theoh 10y agoAs we all get older, I think it's understandable for some people to be frustrated by waves of what JWZ called (on one occasion) "anklebiters" arriving from HN. DDOS or not. Wikipedia has an objective and some structure, whereas HN is, for all its uniqueness and value, not an organized activity.
- digi_owl 10y agoOne thing that puzzles me is how he coined CADT to describe the Gnome development process, while also having embraced OSX as some kind of example of good computing. Because Apple have been just as much about "churn" and dropping of old code for new code, afaik. Heh, and while writing this it dawns on me that it may well be that he is about OSX because UNIX. Meaning that OSX is a BSD derivative, that in turn is derived from the historical UNIX. While on the other hand Linux is just a bastard clone. Because it hit me that i have seen some similar fervent anti-Linux sentiment from other UNIX people, related to either the BSDs or Solaris.
- spacecop 10y agoWhat an interesting fellow! I'd like to subscribe to his newsletter.
- digi_owl 10y agoWell if you didn't misplace the /s you could try his blog. It will be more about DNA lounge and Pizza than about tech though. Not worth linking it here though unless you want more facefulls of hairy eggs...