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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!camelot.ccs.neu.edu!news.dfci.harvard.edu!oitnews.harvard.edu!cmcl2.nyu.edu!news.nyu.edu!not-for-mail From: fox@c a t . n y u . e d u (David Fox) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 10 Apr 1997 22:51:55 -0400 Organization: NYU Media Research Lab. Lines: 12 Sender: fox@graphics.cat.nyu.edu Message-ID: <y5a4tde9sqc.fsf@graphics.cat.nyu.edu> References: <slrn5kaf5t.11r.c_chaos@chaosnet.wahnapitae.on.ca> <E8FMIJ.JCq@fsa.bris.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: graphics.cat.nyu.edu In-reply-to: phtlb@zeus.bris.ac.uk's message of Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:13:31 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:20080 comp.os.linux.misc:169290 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38930 In article <E8FMIJ.JCq@fsa.bris.ac.uk> phtlb@zeus.bris.ac.uk (Tim) writes: ] There is a trade off to be made, more flexibilty more complexity. ] You can argue that a well desinged program retains flexibility, but ] there is always a limit. I wonder if this will still be true 100 years from now? Or will we eventually achieve flexibility without (external) complexity? I'm optimistic... -- David Fox http://www.cat.nyu.edu/fox xoF divaD NYU Media Research Lab fox@cat.nyu.edu baL hcraeseR aideM UYN