> no on can just sit and decide what's best simply by reasoning Scary as it sounds, this happens more than most people realize because it stems from directed m

> no on can just sit and decide what's best simply by reasoning Scary as it sounds, this happens more than most people realize because it stems from directed marketing in structures where financiers are making the decisions and the engineers are just expected to adapt. I don't know about the developer arena, but in industrial automation (my field) new tech and software gets pushed frequently based on whether or not a bean counter said it would improve efficiency, not because it was tested in that specific environment. It's a constant headache for integrators. The number of times I have had to sit and listen to a room full of salesmen explain to me why we're suddenly using Y when X was working just fine is ridiculous. They see in dollars, and to them, testing the new software or component in the working environment prior to making the call is a waste of dollars when weighed against how many dollars they will save with expedited implementation. It's maddening, and probably the prime factor that makes my job unpleasant.