Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Gall's Law

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.

I find it hilarious that I discovered this via O'Reilly Radar.

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