I came across the term “bloatware” in a Forrester Research report and right away I thought of RMC. The author, Clay Richardson, writes:

Bloat kills. Whether it’s excessive complexity in the application, its underlying platform or architecture, or the process used to deliver it, overloaded platform software and heavy processes impede delivery of the solutions the business demands.

RMC’s steep learning curve, heavy-client architecture, lack of support for collaboration, and underlying IDE platform make it a bloatware poster child.

Lately, being immersed in mobile application development, I have ever greater appreciation for lean intuitive applications and disdain for bloatware.

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