> It's a disaster. How did it get this way? It’s called “progress” apparently, and older gray beards complained about it when we reinvented the mainframe throu

> It's a disaster. How did it get this way? It’s called “progress” apparently, and older gray beards complained about it when we reinvented the mainframe through the same methodology. For all of the re-use that us computer folks talk about, we surely reinvent the wheel an awful lot. I’m guessing that we have some sort of stubborn creative streak that causes it all. That’s my excuse at least.