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It's a long dream of a better-than-the-Web hypertext ecosystem that predates the Web by 15 years but has never delivered anything actually useful[1]. A great ex
by pedrocr 9y ago
It's a long dream of a better-than-the-Web hypertext ecosystem that predates the Web by 15 years but has never delivered anything actually useful[1]. A great example of why "worse is better"[2]. Even if you do have a grandiose idea that is better than anything that came before or will come soon there's a good chance you will be beaten by simpler systems that can be delivered much faster.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better