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> inferior-in-nearly-aspect Palm worse is better https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html x86 was worse than
by jpadkins 8y ago
> inferior-in-nearly-aspect Palm
worse is better https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html
x86 was worse than RISC, Linux worse than BSD, Windows worse than MacOS, etc
Palm got the the things right that mattered to adoption (price, simplicity, data syncing) even if you think Newtown was technically superior. Focusing on technical superiority is a common trap.
- LocutusOfBorges 8y agoFor anyone less than enthused by that webpage's anti-HN redirect to a photograph of a testicle in an egg cup, here's an archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20180322163944/https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180322163944/https://www.jwz.o...