Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 04:40:32 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <008101c17f9a$1a4a4290$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><000b01c17f42$c23ab140$0a00000a@atkielski.com><3C110351.4748B559@duth.gr><005001c17f6c$e60c0ef0$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15377.17350.796336.801464@guru.mired.org><006901c17f70$19a2f820$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15377.18218.830731.410656@guru.mired.org>
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Mike writes: > This assumption is false. The dominant system > will be the best-marketed one that meets the > customers requirements, which is not the same > thing as the one that best meets the customers > requirements. Point taken. But I have previously explained that "good enough" is all that is ever required, by definition. So a system that meets the customers' requirements is ... a system that meets the customers' requirements--and beyond that, the rest is irrelevant (because it is not required). > In either case, you don't know whether it is > the rational choice for any particular use until > you know the requirements of that case. As a group, people do not tend to make irrational choices. > No, but they invalidate your religiously pushing > of the same solution for all uses in those two > environments. I have no religion in IT. But agnostics such as myself are rare. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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