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Sounds almost reminiscent of Jamie Zawinski's Law of Software Envelopment: "Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot

Sounds almost reminiscent of Jamie Zawinski's Law of Software Envelopment: "Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can."

josephg 3y ago
Huh? Barely any programs on my computer can read mail. That’s a silly law.
- esperent 3y ago
  It's probably outdated. A modern version might be "every program expands until it becomes a platform with instant messaging capabilities and an app store..."