Zawinski's Law of Software Envelopment
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Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
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This law belongs with Murphy's Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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