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Obligatory jwz quote: ``Zawinski's law of software envelopment'' Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand
by dexen 14y ago
Obligatory jwz quote: ``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.
(obviously Myspace did not read mail ;-))
[EDIT]
In response to http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patrickaljord http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patrickaljord below, Myspace introduced email service in mid-2009. Perhaps the above should read, ``(obviously Myspace did not read mail back then when it mattered ;-))''
- patrickaljord 14y ago> (obviously Myspace did not read mail ;-)) Except that it can http://www.myspace.com/guide/mail http://www.myspace.com/guide/mail
- chrisdroukas 14y agoThere has to be a corollary floating around about sufficient user bases.