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"David Hamm" <davidthamm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"To be more accurate, the idea is that allowing user control is often a
>way to sweep problems under the rug instead of actually solving them."
>
>Hear Hear
>
>*slams водка mug on table*

Yes, but extremism about this is equally dangerous. It results in a design that is well suited for a single,  possibly narrow, use case and useless for anything else.  

That's great if one is designing for a dedicated system like a cable TV set top box. For an operating system, not so much.

Scott K