From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107d55,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: "Brett J. Stonier" Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake) Date: 1997/08/29 Message-ID: <3406E627.2753F2CF@brightwood.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 268929422 References: <5u5m5b$7q6$1@news2.digex.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Organization: Bright Wood Corporation Reply-To: bretts@brightwood.com Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.java.tech,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-08-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ell wrote: > No it isn't. You can win with an inferior product due to other > factors. > The overwhelming evidence of which some refuse to accept. Elliot - You continue to miss the point. Nobody is saying that inferior products can't win out over better ones; look at Microsoft, for god's sake! But, when this happens, you can usually find marketing or other mistakes that were made by the better technology providers. This "low road" method of runner-up marketing is a mistake for Eiffel proponents, IMHO, just as it has failed to help other "runner-ups" in other industrys to gain the dominance they seek. At this point, its fueling a self-fulfilling prophecy of obsolesence. Learn from these other guys mistakes, and market Eiffel right! Brett S. http://www.mtjeff.com/~calvin/devhbook