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   Re: [xml-dev] The myth of 80/20

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Eric van der Vlist wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 17:53, Robert Koberg wrote:
> 
> 
>>>80/20 is fine except that we usually have no measurement to evaluate on
>>>which side of the 80/20 frontier a feature is 
>>
>>
>>sure we do. it is called money
>>
>>-Francisco D'Anconia
>>
>>:)
> 
> 
> Do you really think so? 
> 
> Maybe they are carefully hidden in the member's section, but I have
> never seen a cost analysis for a W3C (or any other competing standard
> organisation) decision made in the name of the mythic 80/20 rule...

the easier it is to make money from some tool, the faster the adoption 
of that tool

do you disagree?


> 
> Eric





 

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