In your analogy, if you set instead (more naturally I'd say) "x11=organism" and "wayland=pathogen", then you have exactly described a vaccine! Wayland's weak s

In your analogy, if you set instead (more naturally I'd say) "x11=organism" and "wayland=pathogen", then you have exactly described a vaccine! Wayland's weak start allowed the system to develop a healthy immunity to it.