Re: Proposed enhancement to scp

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:52:08 +0000 (UTC)

Steve Turner <bbqboyee@H2OlooWoodworks.com> writes:

]Ok, but I don't really see how that relates to the discussion. I only
]used GNU as an example of "Continuous improvement helps lead to software
]that people actually continue to use". As is stands now, I've gotten

Bigger does not necessarily mean better. In fact it often means worse,
because the bigger it is the more bugs it is liable to accumulate.

Yes, sometimes new features should come in, but there should be
resistance. Bloatware is too common a feature of software, and tends to
kill it.

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