Re:Starting Over: A FOSS proposal for a new type of OS for a...
by hinkley on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:25PM
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Sometimes the solution is different because the scale is different.
Sometimes, the solution is different because we think we understand a problem that we really don't. I'm not ready to allow that the current wisdom on system design is not what Tony Hoare was thinking of when he said, "a system so complex that there are no obvious problems".
Arguing such things with people only seems to stick when we are collectively in the Trough of Disillusionment, which may be coming up pretty soon. So ask me again in 18 months.
Sometimes, the solution is different because we think we understand a problem that we really don't. I'm not ready to allow that the current wisdom on system design is not what Tony Hoare was thinking of when he said, "a system so complex that there are no obvious problems".
Arguing such things with people only seems to stick when we are collectively in the Trough of Disillusionment, which may be coming up pretty soon. So ask me again in 18 months.