, 2004-07-01
The curse of complexity is the bane of every security administrator, so UNIX users take your pick: would you like BSD or Linux?
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Dont forget about Macs!!
2004-07-02
Anonymous (2 replies)
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Looking at complexity as a numbers problem, it's obvious that adding more components to a system is a high growth function.
For example : a system with n interacting subsystems can have n(n+1)/2 interactions between these individual systems (full mesh) ~O(n^2)... If we look at the broader picture, chances are, we're going to have more than any two subsystems interacting, increasing the numbers further.
The problem here though is that the universe tends towards increasing complexity. That is, the situation we see today (complex software) _will_ only get worse.
It's the process of managing complexity that needs to improve at the rate that software complexity increases, and unfortunately, it seems that it will have to move faster, because there's some catch-up to do now.
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