Amendment to the Law of Software Envelopment

6 PM June 13, 2003

There are few immutable laws in the fast moving world of Information Technology. Take for example, The Law of Software Envelopment, as cited by jwz :

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

After reading Dominic’s latest post, it’s plain that the law has changed to:

“Every program attempts to expand until it can post blogs. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.”

On the basis of this, I confidently predict that the Windows Longhorn MSN Messenger will be blog-enabled.

PS: Thanks to Charles Miller for pointing me to jwz’s site for the reference.

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