Joel Spolsky has an excellent writeup on this principle, explaining why it led to Netscape dying: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-ne

Joel Spolsky has an excellent writeup on this principle, explaining why it led to Netscape dying: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...