Second-system effect

The second-system effect (also known as second-system syndrome) is the tendency of small, elegant, and successful systems to be plagued with feature creep due to inflated expectations.[1]

The phrase was first used by Fred Brooks in his book The Mythical Man-Month.[2] It described the jump from a set of simple operating systems on the IBM 700/7000 series to OS/360 on the 360 series.

See also

Notes

  1. Raymond, Eric. "Second-system effect". The Jargon File. Retrieved 24 Jun 2013.
  2. Brooks, Jr., Frederick P. (December 2006) [1975]. "The Second-System Effect". The Mythical Man-Month: essays on software engineering (Anniversary ed.). Addison Wesley Longman. p. 53. ISBN 0-201-83595-9.

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