From: josh <joshnatis0@gmail.com>
To: steve jenkin <sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Clem's Law.
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:37:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFZukdTS8q2=0tgPr4-bHjLy_5Dz762hOwfwuS=d80PkfsFYbw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <12D158D7-41B4-41C9-BB68-7DC6C1BBB8FF@canb.auug.org.au>
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> Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
> My own take on this is what I call "Cole's Law" Simple economics
> always beats sophisticated architecture.
Cole's Law is a bit of a better name than Clem's Law :P. Clem has
invoked his law on this mailing list in various contexts, check out
the archives.
Josh
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 11:58 PM steve jenkin <sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au>
wrote:
> I thought this comment was very good.
>
> I went looking for “Clem’s Law” (presume Clem Cole) and struck out.
>
> Any hints anyone can suggest or history on the comment?
>
> steve j
>
> ==========
>
> Larry McVoy wrote Fri Sep 17 10:44:25 AEST 2021
> <https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2021-September/024424.html>
>
> Plan 9 is very cool but I am channeling my inner Clem,
> Plan 9 didn't meet Clem's law.
> It was never compelling enough to make the masses love it.
> Linux was good enough.
>
> ==========
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> Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
> 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
> PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-27 4:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-27 3:58 [TUHS] " steve jenkin
2022-06-27 4:37 ` josh [this message]
2022-06-27 4:51 ` [TUHS] " Warner Losh
2022-06-27 7:14 ` Steve Jenkin
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