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This isn't a great analogy, because the absence of Turkish coffee isn't a case of malice. They have to degrade service (i.e. take the coffee off the menu) in th
by michaelochurch 13y ago
This isn't a great analogy, because the absence of Turkish coffee isn't a case of malice. They have to degrade service (i.e. take the coffee off the menu) in that way in order to survive. It's not malicious for a business to do things that are slightly shitty but necessary in order to stay alive.
On the other hand, there are a lot of cases where bad code and processes are a result of, if rarely malice, intentional and socially negative behaviors (that aren't justified by a need for survival). "Launch and flee" is often intentional.
- breadbox 13y agoI think you're taking an overly-narrow definition of "malice". At least in the context of Hanlon's Razor, "malice" typically includes stances that might be more specifically described as "short-term thinking" and/or "apathy". The point is really just to contrast it with "stupidity".