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Re:Announcing GVFS: Git Virtual File System by ska on Friday February 03, 2017 @12:09PM (#13561295)
It would be naive to assume large companies always make the right decisions, which is why few people do that.

However, when you see that a large company is doing something in a way that you thing is silly or strange, the logical thing to ask first is "what do they understand that I don't understand?". It won't always be the case, of course, but most of the time it will turn out you were missing something.

Assuming off the bat that they are idiots and you know a better way is staggeringly naive.

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Re:Announcing GVFS: Git Virtual File System by oz on Friday February 03, 2017 @02:50PM (#13562677)
>the logical thing to ask first is "what do they understand that I don't understand?".

There's even a name for this: "Going from D to C - from disparagement to curiosity". I think I first heard it from @patio11.

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Re:Announcing GVFS: Git Virtual File System by patio11 on Saturday February 04, 2017 @01:22AM (#13565918)
Doesn't sound like the way I would phrase the thought, so I checked: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/17/ramit-sethi-and-patrick-... <-- Ramit said it here, although I suspect it might be older.
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Re:Announcing GVFS: Git Virtual File System by ska on Friday February 03, 2017 @03:28PM (#13563013)
It isn't the snappiest label, but it does capture the idea well.
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