> > Could even be that the many-eyes approach encouraged the complexity;
> > in fact, that could easily be the unintended consequence.
>
> I suppose it made complexity seem less bad, for a while, but I was
> thinking economic factors likely drove it to get more complex.  Also, I get
> the impression that some people just love complexity, but these days I'm
> not so sure.  Complexity does have some real benefits.
>

I hadn't considered this. I just assumed that complexity = job security +
sell + lock-in. It's easy to love something that is raking in the cash.