Monday, April 18, 2016

[jprwidsh] Wishful thinking software ecosystem

All the software bundled with a computer system is perfect and bug-free, so there is no need for a software update mechanism.

The bundled software provides everything a user could ever want to do with the system, so there is no need for a mechanism for distribution of additional software, e.g., app store.

On one hand, these are silly, mocking deficiencies of many old platforms.

On the other hand, they are within the realm of imagination.  Software engineering might someday produce perfect software.  The bundled software could provide enough components for a user to easily build anything further wanted.

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