"If a new technology is going to give you the edge to push the competition out of the market, it’s a no brainer." Superior technology (as distinct from new tec

"If a new technology is going to give you the edge to push the competition out of the market, it’s a no brainer." Superior technology (as distinct from new technology) almost always gives you an edge. The edge maybe a small one, but it exists, assuming other things are equal (quality of your devs, say). Isn't this the whole point of pg's "Beating the Averages" essay? [1] But then, I guess you need some real hands on experience to distinguish superior tech from 'the latest buzzword' tech. For most apps, node.js is probably an example of the latter than the former. So the OP's point holds. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html