[Tfug] pps's with audio

[Bexley Hall]

> >        Hmmm, I guess the answer is "no".  I used
> to think that MS was
> > the maker of "bloat"-ware, that is, an application
> that has numerous
> > features shoveled into it that begin to blur its
> scope. But guess what?
> > Us too! The linux kernel, for example, gets ever
> larger with each
> > iteration.
> 
> That is one definition of bloat, however I think the linux kernel's
> features are still clearly within the scope of an operating system.
> Adding additional features that were not originally thought of is a
> fact of life in software development. In industry, I think one of the
> largest causes of bloated software is the addition of feature after
> feature without refactoring when appropriate. This is commonly found
> in enterprise-level software, because refactoring is seen by
> management as an unnecessary risk since it doesn't change
> functionality or add new features. We still have a long way
> to go in communicating the virtues of maintainable code to
> management.
> 
> Again, the linux kernel (and opensource software in general) doesn't
> have these issues since major refactoring happens all the time.

I disagree.  There seems to be a trend towards "all-in-one"
packages that is disloyal to the traditional virtues of UN*X
(in which you used combinations of existing tools rather than
inventing *new* tools with the same -- though now *broken* --
functionality)