Self destruction in open source systems (was Re: Linux: concerns over systemd [OT])

Thu Oct 23 02:11:32 UTC 2014

Joe Hamelin wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Now I have Thunderbird and Firefox--from people who are committed to the
>> notion that if it works, it must be replaced.  If people like it, it must
>> be redesigned.  If it is stable, it must be updated.  If there is a
>> useless, senseless "feature" somewhere in the world, these products must be
>> revised to make that feature the focus.
>
> And where is my new 1967 VW Microbus?  That's all you need if you compile
> it with --add-heater-fan.  So I had to upgrade to a 1998 Volvo V70 wagon.
> Don't know where I'm going to get a new one when this one wears out.

Well hey, nobody's made a good 4WD station wagon since Toyota stopped 
making them.  At one point it seemed like every 3rd person in the BBN 
parking lot had one, and we all drove them into the ground for lack of a 
replacement.

Sigh...

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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra