[Groxx]

I wonder if it might be a requirement (or nearly) for run-away successes though, while obviously not sufficient for it.

[kranner]

Careful, you never know if Malcolm Gladwell is lurking here.

[Groxx]

I'm not aware of that reference... care to enlighten me? The wikipedia entry didn't really answer it for me.

[scrame]

Malcolm Gladwell writes books about "success" where he uses many anecdotal (albeit fascinating) stories to come to a very vague conclusion of how people can be "successful". GP was referring to "qualities of success" (passion, writing something for yourself), which don't necessarily cause success.

It was tongue-in-cheek.

[kranner]

Thanks, well put, just what I meant.

[mahmud]

If software done under these requirements, the world will see more compilers and far fewer ERP systems.