[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] 5 year plan & Inovation

[Ondřej Fiala]

On Sat Apr 27, 2024 at 12:24 PM CEST, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> A phone originally was a tool to call and talk to someone, to be reachable by
> voice communication.
> Its not a tool to write letters, until it was
> Its not a tool to browse the internet until it was
> Its not an assitent you could ask something until it was
> ...
>
> A internet browser originally was a tool to display static text and images
> maybe some ftp and gopher sprinkled into it.
> its not a tool to do video chat with , until it was
> its not a tool to write mails in, until it was
> its not a tool to submit your patches to git, until it was, ohh wait, i have a deja vue feeling here

And arguably both of them are terrible at these additional tasks.
I will take my terminal-based email client over a web browser any day,
thank you. To quote Doug McIlroy:
> Write programs that do one thing and do it well.