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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jsa@alexandria.organon.com (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake) Date: 1997/08/29 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 268960852 Distribution: world References: <5u5m5b$7q6$1@news2.digex.net> Followup-To: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.java.tech,comp.lang.c++ Organization: PSINet 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: In article <5u5m5b$7q6$1@news2.digex.net> ell@access1.digex.net (Ell) writes: > : > Now, how about an example of superior technology that won out? Take the > : > Japanese car manufacturers of the 80s. Did they attack the U.S. car > : > industry? I'm not an expert on this, but I don't think they did. They > : > made superior cars and sold them at a reasonable cost. And they made a > : > huge dent in the U.S. car industry, knocking them off their throne of > : > dominance. So, it seems to be possible to take the high road and still > : > win out. > > : This is the _only_ way to win out in the end. It may well be that > : this won't be sufficient, but anything else is a sure-fire elixer for > : absolute failure for the reasons you cite. > > No it isn't. You can win with an inferior product due to other factors. > The overwhelming evidence of which some refuse to accept. Ell, I meant (was replying to) the idea of a superior product's possibility of "winning out". We all know that inferior things often win out. /Jon -- Jon Anthony OMI, Belmont, MA 02178, 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari