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Why should we choose a product that is qualitatively worse (in my opinion, this is up to debate, but just compare the JavaScript engine, V8 owns) just to keep h

by Kenji 12y ago

Why should we choose a product that is qualitatively worse (in my opinion, this is up to debate, but just compare the JavaScript engine, V8 owns) just to keep having a choice? A free market works exactly because people choose what they like the most and let the things that can't compete die. Through this darwinian selection, products gradually converge towards a better quality. What you are proposing is completely irrational. If Chrome were to suddenly drop in quality for any reason, there would be a million people creating a better solution. But there aren't because Chrome works very well right now.

xyzzyz 12y ago
Fast website loading and JavaScript engine speed are not the only qualities people care about. Adherence to open standards and transparent procedure, lack of vendor lock-in, or diversity in the market are qualities themselves too. Just remember the dark years of web, when IE was dominating and web was stagnating.
- Kenji 12y ago
  About Firefox vs Chrome. Yes I said it's up to debate, I'm not going into this. "Just remember the dark years of web, when IE was dominating and web was stagnating." I do. And we are well into the process of getting out of it and wonderful, good, new browsers have emerged. That is in favour of what I was saying. The products converge towards a better quality because that's what people gravitate towards.
pm90 12y ago
Not really. People chose windows because there was simply no other choice (they still do). Simple Darwinian selection is rarely that simple. Free markets are rarely really free.
- WorldWideWayne 12y ago
  I choose Windows for my home and business because it's got the most logical and stable desktop experience. It's simple, utilitarian and it works extremely well as evidenced by it's world-wide usage in homes and businesses of all sizes. I choose Windows Server for my business because it's by far the easiest network server system to setup and maintain while still offering me the absolute best experience for maintenance and control of my enterprise. Clicky-clicky-click in the free UI-admin-tool that is included and I've got a new IIS web site up. Click...I've got a new SQL Server database built. Click...I've got a a new Virtual Machine, etc. Click...I've got a .NET app and developer workflow already built and scaffolded without having to memorize one single command. Unix operating systems including Apple's don't offer anything even close to the experience that you get with Windows. That's why people choose Windows over Unix when they actually think about it. After that, they choose Windows simply because everybody else is using it, making it the default choice. (This is all in my highly experienced opinion of course.)

by Kenji 12y ago

xyzzyz 12y ago

Fast website loading and JavaScript engine speed are not the only qualities people care about. Adherence to open standards and transparent procedure, lack of vendor lock-in, or diversity in the market are qualities themselves too. Just remember the dark years of web, when IE was dominating and web was stagnating.

Kenji 12y ago
About Firefox vs Chrome. Yes I said it's up to debate, I'm not going into this. "Just remember the dark years of web, when IE was dominating and web was stagnating." I do. And we are well into the process of getting out of it and wonderful, good, new browsers have emerged. That is in favour of what I was saying. The products converge towards a better quality because that's what people gravitate towards.

pm90 12y ago

Not really. People chose windows because there was simply no other choice (they still do). Simple Darwinian selection is rarely that simple. Free markets are rarely really free.

WorldWideWayne 12y ago
I choose Windows for my home and business because it's got the most logical and stable desktop experience. It's simple, utilitarian and it works extremely well as evidenced by it's world-wide usage in homes and businesses of all sizes. I choose Windows Server for my business because it's by far the easiest network server system to setup and maintain while still offering me the absolute best experience for maintenance and control of my enterprise. Clicky-clicky-click in the free UI-admin-tool that is included and I've got a new IIS web site up. Click...I've got a new SQL Server database built. Click...I've got a a new Virtual Machine, etc. Click...I've got a .NET app and developer workflow already built and scaffolded without having to memorize one single command. Unix operating systems including Apple's don't offer anything even close to the experience that you get with Windows. That's why people choose Windows over Unix when they actually think about it. After that, they choose Windows simply because everybody else is using it, making it the default choice. (This is all in my highly experienced opinion of course.)