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: 109fba,b1b49d1a0f4b7c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,a37a3c5a268def1f X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,28be7aeda09eac5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 1077b1,28be7aeda09eac5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1077b1,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,28be7aeda09eac5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,28be7aeda09eac5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: chenrich@monmouth.com (Christopher J. Henrich) Subject: Re: RFD: rmgroup comp.lang.eiffel, a defunct newsgroup dedicated to a dead non-language Date: 1996/12/15 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 204274481 references: organization: Monmouth Internet newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.databases.object,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1996-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , Doug Semler wrote (in his .sig line): > > If Unix isn't inferior to Windows, then why does the marketplace > consistently chose Windows over Unix? Are you a socialist who believes > the marketplace does not make the most optimal choices? No, I'm a capitalist who believes that people exercise "bounded rationality." It would take a lot of effort, especially for someone unfamiliar with computers, to evaluate all the available choices and settle on the best one. It's easier to go with the "obvious" choice, which may be merely the choice offered by an eye-catching ad or the choice made by one's neighbor. -- Christopher J. Henrich chenrich@monmouth.com