Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 26th Sep 2006 15:56 UTC
A common heard question in the operating systems world is, 'if the alternatives to Windows are so much better, why aren't people en masse switching to them?' People come up with all sorts of answers to this question, but in fact, the social psychology world already has a fairly simple answer to this question. This answer also happens to actually explain why Zeta sold so well through the usually superficial television retail channel.
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Member since:2005-06-29
I think we're in agreement on the fundamentals. But I don't agree with your free-wheeling use of the term "stupidity" when, in fact you mean "lack of knowledge".
Note how I said: "To put it bluntly".
One of my character traits is that I like to a) simplify things, and b) use hyperboles. Combine these two traits, and you understand where I'm coming from 
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Edited 2006-09-26 17:50
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Perhaps a metaphor is appropriate:
I don't know how to write Ruby on Rails. By being proficient with PHP/MySQL, I've pretty much proven it's not because I'm too stupid, I could learn it, it's just that I haven't expressed an interest in knowing it or haven't gotten around to it.
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2006-01-06
I think we're in agreement on the fundamentals. But I don't agree with your free-wheeling use of the term "stupidity" when, in fact you mean "lack of knowledge".