From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 12009 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2023 05:33:47 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Jan 2023 05:33:47 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D325242471; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 15:33:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-yw1-f171.google.com (mail-yw1-f171.google.com [209.85.128.171]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A4FA4245E for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 15:33:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-yw1-f171.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-46d4840b51fso363573117b3.12 for ; Mon, 02 Jan 2023 21:33:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mayin-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=2v+FbhQzYClHHKX+sH9FHHD62w0npbyGEV85tO3Z9IE=; b=Y9dwkFy2tZcbBOCtmpqfm0msNfQkwlpuzRpZPdwPdubqJWtDs4kHJkXLLf9xvlg+tR UdVibcPvEAqUHUSGkUNT32fh8XF0olPOfTqDKvyST06wsDIg8bRq1v3GJefKctgFEoko 0pDtQ4H8ier269OmUOOlqX9xN8ig8oXM0m2kfarYMy2NrTD0CGWDE6EgunSr8917BRVv AYrFWk2EaQPBCkhZ6ZbTwLmGaPXad9Yo1hgkWDys+/3I9JpYe/wemF2aNjMt6XtoUPIX 4nOWS7YHATA9W5Ni8x7l5J19rlYNB1MMhhbww1m0w3fwGxZ5J0wTd+8230nk95kdTx3y MGcg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=2v+FbhQzYClHHKX+sH9FHHD62w0npbyGEV85tO3Z9IE=; b=5VsTbhJ9tuo/0s6oE+LR/pqHp1OEzUiAw4Z2VKOLS0Vug6YwUfwMuQ8W6wqzyVY8lP BmGJYHewUa0YvAN5TNVBvmh74El6Z9XVyI4FVIwCtrTq/wUaM7yHDE3bIa9VJDiftcrx QYEd0WmSn4StBvnpi6icrcTXdwtBy1QXOgnheknMP6iPv9hs+WHarlTA86+yOONvMNVE r3v9XtqB9HsUmMEvG8/PJzvN+gu/97wy9gBr0ojW26+s9mfC563j2Hp9LZZsltWunu2v aveD2IjLRZfjkntAJip7rlrY3T6UPc+mPYz1jvBna183lvSQ+KxmDsCNE3GmQz89d84u J+rw== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kpafm1jLPObmcX/WQh15ndG2MiHeVOJpyL33EeFdiQ5b/cedt6F 9gP7wVQTn7kxdadN9GXM34gAR/jO52IR0ZTQY6vM3+bZbR/tppEm7UY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXuCwrTszPu06EBZZSr6lGaStGFnMTlF8/brjsMFNT4fiGwIoOHJ5dmBt/RoBUEgnPS6vSNqvAaOGaACSkyQwhY= X-Received: by 2002:a0d:c5c1:0:b0:3d1:c26d:12b1 with SMTP id h184-20020a0dc5c1000000b003d1c26d12b1mr4218821ywd.24.1672723937435; Mon, 02 Jan 2023 21:32:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230102203646.GT25547@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: From: Ajay Shah Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2023 11:02:06 +0530 Message-ID: To: Rich Morin Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000001939bf05f1556445" Message-ID-Hash: 5NUTC3V5R4MQXHHVC5QVHRHDO3WBJK5Z X-Message-ID-Hash: 5NUTC3V5R4MQXHHVC5QVHRHDO3WBJK5Z X-MailFrom: ajayshah@mayin.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: TUHS X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Interview question List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000001939bf05f1556445 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 10:46, Rich Morin wrote: > Sadly, I can't remember whose USENIX talk it was, but I recall a software > maturity scale that went something like this: > 1 - it works in your office > 2 - it works in an office down the hall > 3 - it works for someone you've never met > 4 - you don't have to explain why you use it > 5 - you have to explain why you don't use it > Perhaps we can introduce a #6 here: A successful software tool is one that was used to do something undreamed of by it's author. -- S. C. Johnson -- Ajay Shah ajayshah@mayin.org http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah --0000000000001939bf05f1556445 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 10:46, Rich Morin &= lt;rdm@cfcl.com> wrote:
S= adly, I can't remember whose USENIX talk it was, but I recall a softwar= e maturity scale that went something like this:
1 - it works in your office
2 - it works in an office down the hall
3 - it works for someone you've never met
4 - you don't have to explain why you use it
5 - you have to explain why you don't use it

Perhaps we can introduce a #6 here: =

A successful softw= are tool is one that was used to do something undreamed of by it's auth= or.

=C2=A0 -- S. C. Johnson

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