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> the fact that most of those items were shipped in a extraordinarily well-supported, mass market OS literally decades ago and still didn't catch on maybe says
by jamesrcole 7y ago
> the fact that most of those items were shipped in a extraordinarily well-supported, mass market OS literally decades ago and still didn't catch on maybe says something about the value of the design ideas.
that statement seems heavily draw on the idea that success is the result of a meritocracy. But 'how good something is' often plays a small part in the selection of winners and losers.
- ajross 7y agoIn software architecture, it's really the only good evidence we have, though. I'm all for better metrics, but there aren't any. The point is just that none of these ideas are remotely "new", they've been heavily pushed by one of the biggest players in the industry for decades, and if anything was really beneficial in a profound way we'd surely know about it by now. But we don't. So, no, that doesn't prove they're bad ideas. It does show that whatever benefit they have is underneath the noise floor of the experiment, though.