Dan: Yes, that one's a treasure. I never had any formal training in systems theory, and my informal education was pretty much limited to reading the Tarpit book, lots of Gerry Weinberg, Don Norman and a few others. Most of my software development has been "small systems" stuff, either a few users for a complex system or a few screens for a large audience. While I've played a part in a couple of big systems, my experience has pretty much been, "the bigger they are, the harder they fall."
It makes me appreciate stuff like Linux, LibreOffice, Firefox or Apache all the more. On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Dan Covill <[email protected]> wrote: > Now THAT is a real find, Ted! > > Like you, I’m amazed I never heard it before. Maybe have it chiseled on my > tombstone. > > Dan > >> On Oct 28, 2015, at 7:37 AM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Recently, a Twitter cited Gall's Law, which I was amazed I hadn't heard >> before: >> >> Gall's Law: "A complex system that works is invariably found to have >> evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed >> from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You >> have to start over with a working simple system." – John Gall (1975, >> p.71) >> >> cite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_(author)#Gall.27s_law >> > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4tbpzYAO=sebagka5hofvxff+gxrey4n+bx-fz6sxb...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
