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Re:You’re a developer, so why do you work for someone else? by nir on Monday August 16, 2010 @11:31PM (#1610154)
If an analogy is the exact replicate of the subject, what's the use of it to begin with? The lottery card is an exaggeration, to make a point, which is that randomness plays a significant part in a startup's success, enough to make it almost impossible to predict or reproduce reliably.
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Re:You’re a developer, so why do you work for someone else? by kranner on Tuesday August 17, 2010 @03:01AM (#1610461)
Argument by analogy is what religious leaders and lawyers do to sway the masses into burning witches.

This is a false analogy because it simplifies too much, in favour of strengthening your point, as the parent points out. It's a nifty analogy by itself and I enjoyed it, but I don't agree that it comes close to covering the main features of the case.

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