Re: The Beauty of Finished Software

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> writes:

Subject: The Beauty of Finished Software

  I have so many programming /projects/. It would be nice
  if I would ever finish one of those!

                                                I hate some of
these modern systems where you type up a lowercase letter and it
becomes a capital.

  Often, one can just go to the "Settings" dialog and turn this off.

Finished software is software that’s not expected to change, and
that’s a feature! You can rely on it to do some real work.

  Another example would be Donald Knuth's TeX.

In a world where constant change is the norm, finished software
provides a breath of fresh air.

  Payment models are important for software manufacturers today,
  where something comes in annually from the customers who use
  the software. This may be possible with constant software, but
  perhaps they at least want to give customers the illusion of
  constant "improvements". Internet connections are a great idea for
  this, because then threats can be identified that require constant
  "security patches" by the manufacturer to defend against them.
  Bugs also help.