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This seems hard to reconcile with the commonly accepted notion that unix is an example of 'worse is better'.
by Confusion 15y ago
This seems hard to reconcile with the commonly accepted notion that unix is an example of 'worse is better'.
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- neilk 15y agoImperfection has better survival characteristics than perfection. The essay below describes how Unix won and LISP Machines faded away. http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html
- Drbble 15y ago'Worse is better' means that simple and quick to market but flawed is better than complex and correct but slow to market. 'Complicated and flawed' has no place in that debate.