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What's the point? It's a helpful question for narrowing your focus, but at the end of the day, there isn't always one, and it needn't be a lofty philosophical
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
What's the point?
It's a helpful question for narrowing your focus, but at the end of the day, there isn't always one, and it needn't be a lofty philosophical goal.
Did the MDL team need a point to develop Zork? Did Thompson need a business reason to write UNIX? Did the AI lab ever justify extending TECO far beyond its original intent, into the first version of EMACS?
Sometimes, although not all the time, "because I can" is reason enough.
- the_af 10y ago"Because I can" is of course a valid reason, but having a better goal is more motivating, especially if it's a team instead of a single person. I believe GIMP does have a better goal than "just because", and in my mind it is achieving it. I'm not a graphics designer and therefore I have the luxury of not being locked-in with Photoshop's advanced features; therefore all my image manipulations are done using GIMP, Krita and/or Inkscape. I congratulate all those teams on a job well done.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoOh, of course. It's just that I don't think that "what's the point?" is as significant a question as many believe it is.