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From: paul.johnson@gecm.com (Paul Johnson)
Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake)
Date: 1997/09/01
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Date: 1997-09-01T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <dewar.872872744@merv>, dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu says...

>No you can't win with an inferior product, winning or success with products
>is how superiority is measured.

Careful: you are getting very close to defining "superiority" by success
in the market place, and then arguing that the consumers always make
the right choice because they always choose superior products.

I think it is quite reasonable to assert that "technical" superiority is
a real concept, and that it is separate from market success.  Conflating
these two concepts is dangerous.

Technical superiority is not just a matter of having gee-whiz features,
it is a matter of doing a better job.

Paul.

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