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Re:1000+ Nokia workers have walked out in protest (in Englis... by alderssc on Friday February 11, 2011 @05:37PM (#2208465)
I think integrating would be better, because it seems wrong to judge a products "success" only at some specific instant of time, rather than judging it over a full period of time.

The sign of the first derivative only gives you the present rate of adoption/abandonment of the platform, while integrating gives you a measure of success over the platform's entire existence.

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Re:1000+ Nokia workers have walked out in protest (in Englis... by niels_olson on Saturday February 12, 2011 @07:20PM (#2211609)
I was just answering his question. Thank you for defining the opposing view quantitatively. I have never used a nokia phone, but certainly I would count myself a success if I had area under the curve like that.
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