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Re:Stopping at 90% by Animats on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @07:57AM (#36969626)
Indeed.

It's the curse of open source projects. So many projects get to the point where it sort of works, and then the authors, having done all the fun stuff, get bored and quit. So the project never reaches the Just Works stage.

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Re:Stopping at 90% by graphviz on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @08:12AM (#36969780)
If the software endures long enough, there is no 100%. The Just Works stage is not stable. The ground keeps shifting beneath your feet.
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Re:Stopping at 90% by Animats on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:48PM (#36976249)
Many open source projects go directly from Sort of Works to Abandonware, never having reached Just Works.
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