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Re: [Fwd: Re: The 11-pound solution (fwd)]

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• Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: The 11-pound solution (fwd)]
• From: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
• Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 20:30:10 -0400
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9/14/2002 7:58:08 PM, Alaric Snell <alaric@a...> wrote:



>We're nerds for crying out loud! We're supposed to lust after the most 
>powerful and elegant and easy to use option, and constantly bemoan that fact 
>that big business sells our managers on the idea of the least powerful, most 
>ugly, and most awkward to use thing!

OK, fair enough, sorry that I'm too old, feeble, and cynical to want
to beat my head against that wall any longer.

Sure, put your love and energy into doing The Right Thing.  Just don't
expect people to bet real money on it, because Worse is Better wins
(in the marketplace) just about every time.  That really does [expletive deleted],
but one has to deal with it.

Hobbling off to take my Geritol now ....enjoy the party, and sorry that
I called the Reality Police to complain about the noise :-)

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