The orb of discomfort
jwz says that every program expands until it can read mail. I'd like to propose another: projects eventually reach a point where all the intelligent questions have been asked. Here is my theory.
There are no more bugs, because they've all been removed. (OK, this never quite goes to zero, if only because of change in the underlying platform.)
The program either has all the features that make sense, or it has all the features that can fit into the current architecture. Suggestions of any others are a FAQ.
Therefore, the majority of mailing list questions either reflect user error, or failure to read the documentation.
Preponderance of annoying questions discourages developers and other people, and makes the project move even more slowly.
posted Tue 16 Dec 2003 in /software/management | link
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