Deposing Dictators

[Peter Hansen]

Borcis wrote:
> 
> Dirck Blaskey wrote:
> >
> (...)
> > > Useful programs aren't discarded so fast as development fashions and
> > > religions.
> (...)
> > Inertia in the software world is a huge force, and always
> > to be fought tooth and nail, because generally what Inertia means is:
> > "Just live with our mistakes because we can't afford to fix them."
> > This is an extremely depressing state.
> 
> You might find it comforting to consider the trojan
> in the Bible - e.g. the original sin : the injunction
> not to acquire morals from a supernatural source...
> I guess it must be about 3k years old. Now that's inertia.

Eh?

Does this have something to do with the story about there
being a snake involved?

I don't recall hearing it was a Python... :)

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