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A "reboot" generally takes the form of violent revolution or war. Softer reboots happen (at least nominally) every 4-8 years as we get new administrations in pl
by MartinCron 16y ago
A "reboot" generally takes the form of violent revolution or war. Softer reboots happen (at least nominally) every 4-8 years as we get new administrations in place.
Legislation and policy can get better over time, incrementally. It feels short-sighted to throw everything out because of (admittedly ugly) decisions like this one.
- bkrausz 16y agoCode rewrites are always a bad idea...they just need to refactor instead. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
- MartinCron 16y agoThat's exactly what I was getting at. I was even thinking of that article, but I was too lazy to go find it.