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Re:"Not Rocket Science": The story of Monotone and Bors by haberman on Sunday August 17, 2014 @08:42PM (#8191005)
Maybe so, but you would have a more convincing (counter-)argument if you offered some counterexamples.
Re:"Not Rocket Science": The story of Monotone and Bors by tbrownaw on Sunday August 17, 2014 @09:47PM (#8191133)
Re:"Not Rocket Science": The story of Monotone and Bors by mtdewcmu on Sunday August 17, 2014 @11:48PM (#8191359)
Technophiles have a tendency to fall in love with ideas that no one else cares about and assert that people that dont see what they see are fools. But capitalism enforces a degree of honesty. If you can put a cash value on the productivity gain some idea will provide, and it's a significant sum, then it's not much of a stretch to predict that it will prevail eventually. If the idea has no significant cash value, then it's only a mediocre idea. Sometimes we tech people have to be humble and accept that something we love is mediocre (especially when we try to start a company based on the idea and no one buys it).