I think what's tough is that FOSS design generally ends up as design by committee, with a tendency towards introducing more configurability (and thus more compl

I think what's tough is that FOSS design generally ends up as design by committee, with a tendency towards introducing more configurability (and thus more complexity) as a means of appeasing everyone when dissension arises. From an engineering standpoint, that's part of what makes FOSS great. From a design standpoint, that sounds like a gig from hell.