From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] datakit
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:51:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f5573a3f1f403600b1f61f7bc68e474e@9netics.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aa77f8afc54f41306bc38b693b325edc@vitanuova.com>
> more seriously, i observed the other day to someone that
> the curious thing about the rise of complexity this time is
> that as far as i can tell, there seems to be no significant
> counter-culture to it, as there has been in times past.
I think the rise will be short-lived; it has to. Nature doesn't like
waste, and wont allow it indefinitely. Natural selection would
dictate that those companies that use complex software will spend more
time and resources managing the software rather than using it, and
will be less profitable; they will eventually lose out to the more
efficient organizations -- perhaps because they use less
complex/more efficient software.
The growth of hardware technology has obscured the issue of
efficiency. It is cheaper to get the next generation of hardware,
than it is to spend the time to prototype and perfect software
up-front. Just throw more hardware at it. I doubt that can continue
over the next twenty years.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-20 16:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-19 15:11 Steve Simon
2004-08-20 1:35 ` geoff
2004-08-20 1:52 ` George Michaelson
2004-08-20 2:43 ` geoff
2004-08-20 3:09 ` George Michaelson
2004-08-20 5:46 ` geoff
2004-08-21 0:33 ` ron minnich
2004-08-21 4:51 ` boyd, rounin
2004-08-21 14:22 ` Brantley Coile
2004-08-22 9:50 ` Tim Newsham
2004-08-23 2:50 ` ron minnich
2004-08-20 14:13 ` boyd, rounin
2004-08-20 9:45 ` C H Forsyth
2004-08-20 12:55 ` Long Political Rant. Was: [Re: [9fans] datakit] Dave Lukes
2004-08-20 16:45 ` Jack Johnson
2004-08-20 16:59 ` rog
2004-08-20 13:06 ` [9fans] datakit Wes Kussmaul
2004-08-20 16:51 ` Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
2004-08-20 17:07 ` rog
2004-08-22 19:06 ` Jack Johnson
2004-08-20 18:41 ` boyd, rounin
2004-08-21 16:37 ` Boris Maryshev
2004-08-21 17:19 ` Boris Maryshev
2004-08-20 3:30 ` ron minnich
2004-08-20 14:24 ` boyd, rounin
2004-08-23 15:04 ` andrey mirtchovski
2004-08-23 15:27 ` ron minnich
2004-08-20 13:48 ` boyd, rounin
2004-08-20 5:05 dmr
2004-08-20 5:35 ` George Michaelson
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