On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:50:50 -0400 erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote:
> why do you think the size or complexity of the code has anything > to do with it? Good question. I'm not sure I an give a good answer. I do think systems get less flexible as they get more complex. I suppose that isn't provable or always true, but it's empirically "proven" true in my Linux desktop use. As bad as old X11 was, I have repeatedly seen relatively simple ways of solving problems cut off by desktop "solutions" containing implementation details I could never see any use for at all.