Re: [xml-dev] How to be nimble, agile in the face of changing technologi

[Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@gmail.com>]

On Feb 2, 2012, at 5:11 AM, Michael Sokolov wrote:

> You have to estimate the likelihood of future change later and compare against the cost of wasted effort now.  

Not only wasted effort (one-off), but also the tax of added complexity (recurrent, exponential).  Not to mention ongoing maintenance of unwarranted code.

Tangentially related quote of the day:

“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.” 
—JOHN GALL