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+====== Zawinski's Law ======
+===== Variants and Alternative Names =====
+===== Rule =====
+> Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
+===== Description =====
+  * Zawinski's Law is about [[anti-patterns:software bloat]]. Software tends to evolve in a way that continuously more and more features are added.
+  * There are nevertheless plenty of programs which cannot read mail and never will. So the law is an exaggerated tendency.
+===== Rationale =====
+===== Why Not a Principle? =====
+Zawinski's Law is rather the description of an effect than an engineering advice. It does not tell which solutions are good and which are bad.
+===== Origin =====
+===== See Also =====
+===== Examples =====
+Emacs, Mozilla, Opera, ...
+===== Description Status =====
+/* Choose one of the following and comment out the rest: */
+[[wiki:Stub]]
+/*[[wiki:Incomplete]]*/
+/*[[wiki:Complete]]*/
+===== Further Reading =====
+  * [[wp>Zawinski's Law]]
+===== Discussion =====
+Discuss this wiki article and the non-principle on the corresponding [[talk:non-principles:Zawinski's Law|talk page]].