[OpenIndiana-discuss] A rant

[Jedi Tek’Unum]

> On Jan 29, 2021, at 3:08 PM, Judah Richardson <judahrichardson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Modern software aims to serve the user as opposed to making the user suffer
> through some kind of "sacred" learning experience while developers remain
> intransigent to their needs. Shockingly, it turns out that the people who
> pay for the stuff (or support for it) tend to drive the bus as far as how
> the stuff functions or operates. If a project doesn't behave the way its
> customers or users want, another project that does rises, "standards",
> philosophies, and sacred cows be damned.

Yep, it used to be too restrictive. Contrary to modern belief, there were valuable benefits that have been lost. Now it’s swung far too far the other way. Now we have chaos.

Everything needs a balance and we’re nowhere close.