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I appreciate something like that. It can mean one of two things: * it's abandoned. * it's good for what it does, why change it? I don't know, to be honest, i
by brabel 2y ago
I appreciate something like that. It can mean one of two things:
* it's abandoned.
* it's good for what it does, why change it?
I don't know, to be honest, in which of these most BSDs are. But I see very little reason for an Operating System's tools and utilities to have changed much since the early 2000's. Perhaps even since the 1990's. Sure, their implementations may have been significantly improved, and maybe they've got some new stuff (specially in things that do need to evolve, like crypto) but the overall user interface remains the same. I think we should start seeing change for the sake of change as a bug, not a feature.
- contingencies 2y agoit's good for what it does, why change it? Immediately, this quote came to mind: Those who don't understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. - Henry Spencer Alternatively, Just do what slack did with irc. 'Reinvent' it with a modern interface and some fixes. The mercurial masses will flock to the hot new platform, VC will shower you with adoration and cash, we'll tell stories about how you don't eat breakfast and only ever wear one sock. Everyone will emulate you and then you can come back around as a wealthy guru investor. - @more_corn Or the wise man yells at cloud version, It used to be the case that people were admonished to "not re-invent the wheel". We now live in an age that spends a lot of time "reinventing the flat tire!" The flat tires come from the reinventors often not being in the same league as the original inventors. This is a symptom of a "pop culture" where identity and participation are much more important than progress... - Alan Kay (2016) ... via https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup