Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Call it the "Stephen Principle" (*). It is the computer analogue to the Peter Principle. It is this: "In a hierarchy, software continues to be developed to the point at which it can no longer function as designed." My first experience with the principle was with WS-FTP, which was a really good FTP client until it was 'improved'. Microsoft has now reached that point with Windows. "[Microsoft] executive Mike Nash's complaint that compatibility problems turned his $2,100 PC into nothing more than an 'email machine.'" (* yet another effort to attain immortality through nomenclature).

Today: 1058 Total: 1063 [Direct link] [Share]

Image from the website


Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
stephen@downes.ca

Copyright 2024
Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024 8:24 p.m.

Canadian Flag Creative Commons License.

Force:yes