Hrm, well, the Second-System Effect refers to a problem with designers, not releases. As Brooks put it, "this second is the most dangerous system a man ever designs." (1) It refers to the designer's typical advance from caution, to boldness, to mature judgment.
The accumulation of complexity over time probably belongs to the Creeping Featurism family. ------------------ 1 Brooks, Frederick P., jr.: _The Mythical Man-Month_, p. 55 -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [email protected] Asking whether markets are efficient is like asking whether people are smart.
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