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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake)
Date: 1997/09/18
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Joachim says

<<Commercial success and inherent value have no intrinsic connection. The
only connection that exists is that inherent value can help (and often
does help) for commercial success.>>

So how do we judge inherent value? To me commercial success is a surer
judge that some smart engineer who thinks he knows more than everyone else!