> Back on point, In grad school, we read the Tenenbaum- Torvalds debates in OS class to get an idea of the current state of research. > ... tons of issues t

> Back on point, In grad school, we read the Tenenbaum- Torvalds debates in OS class to get an idea of the current state of research. > ... tons of issues to be solved, and whoever took a stab at them would push the state of the art forward. That is the point => to find a superior technical solution, not minimizing friction among humans. You are talking from the perspective of computer science research, whereas he is talking about software engineering in practice. There's a difference there, imho.