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Re: [tlug] Open-source Japan



On 2009-03-03 22:18 +0900 (Tue), Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> By the way, the whole point of "value" is that it is the canonical way
> to compare the otherwise incomparable.

When you can determine it, of course.

Free markets are great, when everybody has good information.
Unfortunately, it's often less costly to make something look good
than actually to make it good, so there's a pretty strong incentive
to compete by fooling people into thinking they're getting something
they're not.

cjs
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