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From: ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
Subject: Re: Reply to Ousterhout's reply (was Re: Ousterhout and Tcl ...)
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Organization: AT&T Research, Murray Hill NJ
References: <5ihaol$n3g@Masala.CC.UH.EDU> <334CD665.186E@not4u.polaroid.com> <01bc45d3$cdf47fa0$03d3c9d0@wjh_dell_133.dazsi.com>
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In article <01bc45d3$cdf47fa0$03d3c9d0@wjh_dell_133.dazsi.com> "Bill House" <bhouse@dazsi.com> writes:

> Hype alone won't make an intelligent shopper buy, ...

But hype alone will sometimes make the intelligent shopper's boss' boss buy,
which is the same thing from the hype merchant's viewpoint.

I've seen the phenomenon in action as long as I've been involved
in computing, which is more than a quarter century at this point.
It applies equally to hardware, software, languages, tools, and
methodologies.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@research.att.com
				  http://www.research.att.com/info/ark
