Ask HN: Trouble Remembering a Computing Theory

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So I recently had a discussion with some colleagues about our product's internal messaging system. It reminded me of some theory or something of the sort that states that all platforms eventually create their own email system.

Does anybody know what I'm talking about? Maybe I just imagined it.

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Zawinski's Law

"Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can."

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/Z/Zawinskis-Law.html

That's exactly what I was looking for! Thank you.

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