Software Race to the Bottom

Software is and has been engaged in an endless race to the bottom Wrong. The achievements of the software industry over the last thirty years are astonishing. They've managed to entirely negate several orders of magnitude of performance improvements provided by the hardware industry.

A forum exchange argues about whether software has been racing to the bottom. The punchline is that software improvements have astonishingly consumed and negated the enormous performance gains delivered by hardware over the last thirty years, making modern systems feel no faster. It is shared as a reaction to bloated, inefficient software and declining performance. EN: A forum exchange argues about whether software has been racing to the bottom. The punchline is that software improvements have astonishingly consumed and negated the enormous performance gains delivered by hardware over the last thirty years, making modern systems feel no faster. It is shared as a reaction to bloated, inefficient software and declining performance.

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