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		pandler on March 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Makes Software Good? In other words, "the best software is no software at all."

ArkyBeagle on March 11, 2016 [–]

No, software you don't have to interact with - that just does whatever you need done - seems to me to have more value than something I have to configure.

it still does something, so there's gain, but the cost is lower than if you had to configure it.

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