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"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...> wrote: | From: Arjun Ray [mailto:aray@n...] |> "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...> wrote: |>| Now why not turn that feature off given the disasters created |>| by leaving it on? | |> Because the entire point of a non-feature is to have it turned on by |> default. This maximizes the propagation of stupidity. | | It should be OFF by default. Actually, it shouldn't be there at all. But this is not about shoulds. It's about the circumstances of non-feature existing to begin with. No one in his right mind is going to turn a non-feature on, which means the effort to implement it will have been wasted unless it comes turned on by default. It's called bullets-on-the-box marketing. | That is one of those system designer decisions where the designer is | wise in the ways of the culture and does the right thing in the best | interest of the customer and the community at large. What is the relevance of this to Redmondware?
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