SPF sucks

[Steven Alligood]

ok, I agree that simply because something is easy versus the hard way is 
not a reason for implementation or not.

I also agree that something that is completely broken should not be used 
in place of not having the function.

But I believe that the world in general does not care if something is 
kind of broken or what is the "right" way of doing things.  They care 
about (1) cost, (2) results and (3) make customers happy.  In that 
order.  Doing something "right" is about 235 in the list, right after 
(234) call mom on her birthday.

Things get implemented because there is a need and the cost is less than 
ignoring the need.

SPF is a very good solution following those rules.  It is cheap, easy to 
implement, and does about 75% of it's goal.  It also tells your 
customers that you care and are trying to do something about their problem.

It is here to stay until something better can be done that is as easy to 
implement.

It's not "right".  It just is.

-Steve

Levi Pearson wrote:
> Steven Alligood <steve at bluehost.com> writes:
>
>   
>> Before you can convincingly argue against SPF, you need to come up
>> with something that works better and is still as easy to implement.
>>     
>
> I'm not sure why it's necessary to come up with something better
> before criticizing what exists.  Broken things are broken regardless
> of whether something better currently exists.  There are, in fact,
> reasonable arguments against using most broken things even when there
> are no better alternatives.  Those arguments won't always win in every
> situation, but that doesn't make them unworthy of consideration.
>
> Finally, ease of implementation is NO EXCUSE for brokenness.  If X is
> broken but easy to implement, and Y is not broken but difficult to
> implement, then the existence of Y does not preclude arguments against
> X simply because Y is hard.  Sometimes the right solution IS hard.
>
>                 --Levi
>
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