Re: Subversion (was: Re: Upgrading without central packaging)

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From: Xtina
Subject: Re: Subversion (was: Re: Upgrading without central packaging)
Date: 17:01 on 26 Apr 2005
On 4/26/05, Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:

> If there is then RIGHT NOW someone is extending it so it can read mail.

Found elsewhere:

  Next, I designed, and Terry Weissman and I implemented, the Netscape
  Mail and News clients, versions 2.0 through 3.0. This was our
  contribution to the proof of the Law of Software Envelopment:

  ``Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those
  programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.''

http://www.jwz.org/hacks/

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