27 Jun
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27 Jun
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5:58 a.m.
I thought this comment was very good.
I went looking for “Clem’s Law” (presume Clem Cole) and struck out.
Any hints anyone can suggest or history on the comment?
steve j
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Larry McVoy wrote Fri Sep 17 10:44:25 AEST 2021
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Plan 9 is very cool but I am channeling my inner Clem,
Plan 9 didn't meet Clem's law.
It was never compelling enough to make the masses love it.
Linux was good enough.
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27 Jun
27 Jun
6:37 a.m.
Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
My own take on this is what I call "Cole's Law" Simple economics
always beats sophisticated architecture.
Cole's Law is a bit of a better name than Clem's Law :P. Clem has
invoked his law on this mailing list in various contexts, check out
the archives.
Josh
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 11:58 PM steve jenkin <sjenkin(a)canb.auug.org.au>
wrote:
I thought this comment was very good.
I went looking for “Clem’s Law” (presume Clem Cole) and struck out.
Any hints anyone can suggest or history on the comment?
steve j
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Larry McVoy wrote Fri Sep 17 10:44:25 AEST 2021
<https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2021-September/024424.html>
Plan 9 is very cool but I am channeling my inner Clem,
Plan 9 didn't meet Clem's law.
It was never compelling enough to make the masses love it.
Linux was good enough.
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Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
6:51 a.m.
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022, 10:39 PM josh <joshnatis0(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I thought Cole's Law was thinly sliced cabbage. .
Warner
Josh
Clem Cole
<clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
My own take on this is what I call "Cole's Law" Simple economics
always beats sophisticated architecture.
Cole's Law is a bit of a better name than Clem's Law :P. Clem has
invoked his law on this mailing list in various contexts, check out
the archives.
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 11:58 PM steve jenkin <sjenkin(a)canb.auug.org.au>
wrote:
> I thought this comment was very good.
>
> I went looking for “Clem’s Law” (presume Clem Cole) and struck out.
>
> Any hints anyone can suggest or history on the comment?
>
> steve j
>
> ==========
>
> Larry McVoy wrote Fri Sep 17 10:44:25 AEST 2021
> <https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2021-September/024424.html>
>
> Plan 9 is very cool but I am channeling my inner Clem,
> Plan 9 didn't meet Clem's law.
> It was never compelling enough to make the masses love it.
> Linux was good enough.
>
> ==========
> --
> Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
> 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
> PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
>
> mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
>
>
9:14 a.m.
Thanks very much for the help.
"Cole's law of economics vs. sophisticated technology”
and
"Cole's law that *Simple Economics always beats Sophisticated Architecture*”
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Earliest ref I could find, Jan 2020
[TUHS] [TUHS -> moving to COFF] # and the Preprocessor
<https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2020-January/019809.html>
with a thread in Dec 2020
[TUHS] Cole's Slaw
<https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2020-December/022587.html>
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“Paper" by Rob Pike is actually a talk.
Cheap PC hardware got better.
Systems Software Research is Irrelevant
Rob Pike
Feb 21, 2000
<http://herpolhode.com/rob/utah2000.pdf>
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On 27 Jun 2022, at 14:37, josh
<joshnatis0(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Cole's Law is a bit of a better name than Clem's Law :P. Clem has
invoked his law on this mailing list in various contexts, check out
the archives.
Josh
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