On Sunday 17 January 2010 18:18:36 Eray Aslan wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 09:39:27AM -0600, Dale wrote: > > From my understanding, isn't the same guy doing devicekit that did > > hal? I'm not saying it won't be better because it should be. From what > > I read a good while back, he learned a lot about the pitfalls of hal. > > He, most likely, will know best how to do it differently this time. > > It is usually done right in the third version. First one too small, > second one too big, third one just right :) > > I think it is called "Second System Effect"
Spot on :-) As documented by Fredrick P. Brooks in his seminal collection of essays "The Mythical Man Month". Published over 40 years ago, and still as true today as it was then :-) > > I guess we will see if it is. > -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
