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+ | ====== Zawinski' | ||
+ | ===== Variants and Alternative Names ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Rule ===== | ||
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+ | > Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can. | ||
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+ | ===== Description ===== | ||
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+ | * Zawinski' | ||
+ | * There are nevertheless plenty of programs which cannot read mail and never will. So the law is an exaggerated tendency. | ||
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+ | ===== Rationale ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Why Not a Principle? ===== | ||
+ | Zawinski' | ||
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+ | ===== Origin ===== | ||
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+ | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Examples ===== | ||
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+ | Emacs, Mozilla, Opera, ... | ||
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+ | ===== Description Status ===== | ||
+ | /* Choose one of the following and comment out the rest: */ | ||
+ | [[wiki: | ||
+ | / | ||
+ | / | ||
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+ | ===== Further Reading ===== | ||
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+ | * [[wp> | ||
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+ | ===== Discussion ===== | ||
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+ | Discuss this wiki article and the non-principle on the corresponding [[talk: |
non-principles/zawinski_s_law.txt · Last modified: 2013-08-09 22:04 by christian