econd-system effect n.
(sometimes, more euphoniously
`second-system syndrome') When one is designing the successor to
a relatively small, elegant, and successful system, there is a
tendency to become grandiose in one's success and design an
elephantine feature-laden monstrosity....
econd-system effect: n. (sometimes, more euphoniously
`second-system syndrome') When one is designing the successor to
a relatively small, elegant, and successful system, there is a
tendency to become grandiose in one's success and design an
{elephantine} feature-laden monstrosity....
How many
data base people
-- does it take to change a light bulb?
Three: One to write the light bulb removal program, one to
write the light bulb insertion program, and one to act as a
light bulb administrator to make sure nobody else tries to
change the light bulb at the same time....
