Re: [Sigia-l] Marketing vs. design

From: Listera (listera_at_rcn.com)
Date: Sun Nov 20 2005 - 20:47:43 EST

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Jared M. Spool:

> Maybe most FOSS applications are poorly designed because 99% of
> *everything* is poorly designed.

Even if that were true, it shouldn't be used to justify "design by testing."

In that I'm, of course, reminded of Molly Ivans' "The antidote for misuse of
freedom of speech is more freedom of speech." Put another way, the cure for
bad design is more good design, not an abdication of it.

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