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To: Lane3 who wrote (1053)	8/28/2001 10:10:20 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) of 51717

I have a theory that I think I originated (someone else may have independently discovered/observed this). I call it software "work hardening." In material science, when you bend and bend, the material finally crazes and then fails through a mechanism called work hardening. I postulated that a similar process occurs in software. In lay terms, it is like repeatedly bending a coat hanger or pipe cleaner. Each upgrade or software installation is like a bend. A piece of software has a limited number of "bends" in it before it becomes so brittle as to be unusable. SirRealist is right. You start clean each time and generally you are better off.

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