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Re:Brilliant Hardware in the Valley of the Software Slump by zozbot234 on Friday June 12, 2020 @09:49AM (#23499198)
> Worse, that FOSS foundation is typically filled to the brim with complexity.

Really? In my experience, FOSS tends to be a lot simpler and more streamlined than non-free software with comparable functionality.

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Re:Brilliant Hardware in the Valley of the Software Slump by na85 on Friday June 12, 2020 @10:34AM (#23499605)
I agree with 'de_watcher that FOSS/encumbered is an orthogonal axis to complexity/simplicity.

Lots of FOSS software is excessively complex (the systemd ecosystem of shovelware comes immediately to mind) and lots of FOSS is simple. Similarly there are untold thousands of overcomplicated/overengineered proprietary suites and of course it's hard for a graphical application to get simpler than notepad.exe.

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