All software sucks

Re:All software sucks by zorbo on Saturday April 19, 2014 @09:26AM (#7613368)

That, or

    Harmful things            Less harmful alternatives

    <thing that is       >    <thing that is          >
    <not Plan9 / OpenBSD >    <Plan9 / OpenBSD        >

Most interesting thing which sheds some light on the list is: "At the moment a detailed rationale is not provided for most of this, so figuring out why some things are considered more or less harmful than others is left as an exercise for the reader. Here is a hint: complexity is the bane of all software, simplicity is the most important quality"

I do have to say I agree with a large part of the Harmful list, but I recognize those things are not actually harmful but just personal preference.

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Re:All software sucks by zdw on Saturday April 19, 2014 @09:36AM (#7613382)

Given that many of OpenBSD decisisons turn out to either be the right ones or the de-facto best choices (sudo, openssh, pf, bounds checking string functions, 64 bit time, etc.), it's hard to argue with the general concept.

(This applies to Plan 9, to a much lesser extent - concepts and people who worked on Plan 9 tend to disseminate, but there's less direct code sharing).

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Re:All software sucks by kazagistar on Saturday April 19, 2014 @08:13PM (#7615269)

I suspect that is selective memory at work to some extent. You are first to arrive sometimes, and the rest of the time you can say "well, we just didn't have the manpower" or something.

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