Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > This is the (IMHO) flawed philosphy of "Trend mongering" that leads > people/companies/programs to want to grab more and more. > > What happened to the Unix philosphy of doing one thing and doing it > really well? > > If the program is a web browser, it should be a web-browser and not > try to be a film-viewer, mail-reader, editor, programming interface > etc. etc. >
I completely agree with the KISS principle, but there are a few cases where thinking outside the box results in something that changes the way software is written. Emacs for example. It might be a kitchen sink, but when you get a complete desktop environment that fits within a few megabytes, I am more than willing to accommodate it. Sujith -- http://sujith-m.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
