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"Worse is better" has a very specific (counter-intuitive) meaning. It does not purport to be better in the sense you're thinking about it. The "better" is in th
by kqr 4y ago
"Worse is better" has a very specific (counter-intuitive) meaning. It does not purport to be better in the sense you're thinking about it. The "better" is in the sense of "has an easier time gaining widespread adoption because the few things it does promise to do it does very reliably and it is quick to go to market".
- moloch-hai 4y ago"Worse is better" never had such a defensibly coherent meaning. There were gestures toward one, enough to fool people, but it mainly amounted to dressed-up sour grapes: "We would have won if not for those meddling kids!" The fact is, Unix (and then Linux) was strictly better at the things people wanted to do, full stop.