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- To: "Elliotte Rusty Harold" <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>,<xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
- Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Don't Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You
- From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 08:56:06 -0700
- Thread-index: AcJeTmEnTqb2xiEpTXulYcj3YXO22wAFD2Jw
- Thread-topic: [xml-dev] Don't Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You
A Buick is not better designed than a Mercedes unless your only criteria
for better design is cheaper.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elliotte Rusty Harold [mailto:elharo@metalab.unc.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 5:27 AM
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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> If it's both cheaper and easier to drive, then I think the
> Buick is better designed. This assumes the use case for both
> cars are standard American highways and city roads and not
> the Indy 500. The only other factor that might argue in favor
> of the Mercedes design would be repair history and tendency
> to break down, but ease of use is a real concern, and one all
> too often overlooked in design.
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