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Re:How did WordPress win? by winestock on Thursday February 10, 2011 @01:18PM (#2202995)
"In wisdom or dumb luck, Matt saw that a feature that mostly works for most users next week is better than a perfect feature next year."

In other words, Worse is Better.

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Re:How did WordPress win? by WordSkill on Thursday February 10, 2011 @08:42PM (#2204788)
No. Sloppy code that actually exists is better than the perfect code in your head.
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Re:How did WordPress win? by winestock on Friday February 11, 2011 @06:38PM (#2208672)
Or, as Jamie Zawinski put it in Coders at Work, shipping is a feature.
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