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ananiochita
"We build our computer systems the way we build our cities; over time, without a plan, on top of ruins."

-- Ellen Ullman

Tomte
"computers", not "computer systems".
detaro
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Tomte
It's a misquote. Ellen Ullman writes "computers" in her book.
youvalv
It made me think about planned cities, in China, Malaysia, etc. Most of these are ghost cities, and it makes me think the first part of this quote is true in general