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A system needs to be alive and workable even when other people than the first enthusiasts start using it. Reinvention and revolution are enthusiast stuff. Invention and evolution are engineering.

Erik Naggum
Engineering, People, Needs
"Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. September 28, 2002.
A system needs to be alive and workable even when other people than the first enthusiasts start using it. Reinvention and revolution are enthusiast stuff. Invention and evolution are engineering.