The Business Model of Making Simple Things Complex

Complicating simplicity is a business in the software industry and a sad trend to which there is currently no counter (think "complexity-defense" lawsuits from customers). Many "Rainbow Warriors" and "Princess Mononokes" have come forward through the history of the world to attack complexity and should be commemorated in the annals of software history. Amongst the warfarers is Alan Cooper Esquire, the power-programmer behind "Visual Basic 1.0" which debuted in March, 1991 as Microsoft's first visual development tool. VB came out of Tripod which Microsoft bought in 1988.