Re:Why all HDMI cables are the same
by qq66 on Sunday September 11, 2011 @06:14PM
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""When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.”
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And yet, HFS+ is still there.
I'd prefer that the carpenter build the strongest/lightest product, only worrying about looks where someone can see it and strength where it matters.
To me the value of solid wood throughout is durability. If a composite material was better why not use it?
Steve Jobs was referring to plywood as an inferior material used not for any advantage except cost and ease of installation. His point was that if you care about quality in an all-encompassing way, not just as a means to an end, you're going to care about the quality of things that your customers will rarely or never see.
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