'But I am really saying, I'm dubious of anyone promoting "Use my new thing X which is good because it doesn't introduce a new dependency."'
"Advances in software technology and increasing economic pressure have begun to break down many of the barriers to improved software productivity. The ${PRODUCT} is designed to remove the remaining barriers […]"
It reads like the above quote from the pitch of r1000 in 1985. https://datamuseum.dk/bits/30003882