Re: A thought about other open source projects

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:27:20 -0700
David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 01:55:36PM -0400, Brad Nicholson wrote:
> > Scott Marlowe wrote:
> > >>As with phrases like, "the quickest way to grill a unicorn
> > >>steak," that it can be stated in a few words does not make in
> > >>possible.
> > >
> > >Exactly.  The big issue here is that nobody's saying what kind
> > >of app they want to write.
> > Or what sort of performance requirements are tied to that app.
>
> It's not performance requirements that tend to tank such projects,
> but the amount of maintenance involved.  Extending the app gets
> quadratically painful.

I perfectly agree. But maybe the number of hackers involved in a
project could grow faster if the project serves more purposes.

Reuse lower maintenance costs too.

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Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
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