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  1. Xref: sparky comp.security.misc:2380 comp.org.eff.talk:8156
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  4. From: charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer)
  5. Subject: Re: Stupid Licenses (YUCK!)
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec29.200832.13953@news2.cis.umn.edu>
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  9. Organization: School of Statistics, University of Minnesota
  10. References: <1992Dec22.034142.14471@fsl.noaa.gov> <1992Dec28.002314.21233@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1992Dec28.011729.27192@ulysses.att.com>
  11. Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:08:32 GMT
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  13.  
  14. In article <1992Dec28.002314.21233@news2.cis.umn.edu>, I wrote:
  15.  
  16.    Why can't they just provide a release that fixes the old bugs without
  17.    introducing (known) new ones?  Featurality first is the only explanation.
  18.  
  19. In article <1992Dec28.011729.27192@ulysses.att.com> smb@research.att.com
  20. (Steven Bellovin) replies:
  21.  
  22. > I suggest that you read Fred Brook's ``The Mythical Man Month'' for
  23. > a better explanation.
  24.  
  25. I understand the principle of "two steps forward, one step back" if that's
  26. what you were referring to.  What bothers me is
  27.  
  28.        two steps forward, one step back
  29.        + creeping featurism
  30.        = one step forward, one step back
  31.  
  32. or worse.
  33.  
  34. -- 
  35. Charles Geyer
  36. School of Statistics
  37. University of Minnesota
  38. charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu
  39.