[ColorForth] colorForth ~popularity

[Mark Slicker <maslicke@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Tin Bee wrote:

> any body on the list read the fountainhead? because my
> post will be in that vein.
> 
> i have been hearing lots of talk about popularity, the
> population still consist of individuals, there is no
> way a population can make decisions, decisions are
> made by individuals, popularity is mearly the amalgam
> of many decisions, and thus in and of itself lacks
> integrity, lacks a central theme.
>

I don't understand argument, can't software be both immensely popular and
technically excelent?

> anyone who aserts that you must follow the pack is a
> second-hander and a second-rater, terified of making a
> dicision for them self.
> 

Popularity does not always imply following the pack. What if something is
plainly good, and everyone likes it?

Mark

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