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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Sat,  6 Dec 2008 19:16:15 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] How to implement a moral equivalent ofautomounter
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On Sat Dec  6 19:05:07 EST 2008, rvs@sun.com wrote:
> Oh, come on! ;-) You sound like Bjarne now, complaining
> that James Gosling, hijacked OOP with tons of corporate

i don't recall having written a competitor to nfs.

> And yes, I tend to agree with its main premise, that mediocracy
> usually has better survival skills. Nothing to do with technical
> aspects.

better (by definition) is always better.  however, if you spend resources
making something better and no one can tell the difference,
or no one cares, then it is not better.

- erik