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From: hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker)
Subject: Re: Reply to Ousterhout's reply (was Re: Ousterhout and Tcl ...)
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In article <E8H3sq.Jt6@research.att.com>, ark@research.att.com (Andrew
Koenig) wrote:
> 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.

Amen!

Dogfood: That which a dog eats, but his master buys.
