[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A lecturer at my technical university (www.dtu.dk) argued that the optimal > quality was the cheapest you could get your customers to accept. > > One has to bear in mind that there will be a point of diminishing return, > after which > better quality gets prohibitively expensive. > > An interesting case to the point are WWII fighter planes. The Germans spent > twice > as many hours building a Messerschmidt 109 as the did the British to build > a Spitfire. > > The Messerschmidt may have been better built, but every month during WWII > Britain > turned out more planes than Germany. In this case, quality difference > probably did > not matter much, as planes were more likely to be lost due to enemies or > unexperienced pilots than to mechanical failure.
I was watching "Battle Stations", about German Tiger Tank (best open field tank of WWII). It took more skilled labor to produce, whereas as the Russian T34 & US Sherman could be mass-produced by unskilled labor. Something like 20,000 T34s were produced, whereas only 1000 Tiger Tanks were produced. In the end, Quantity defeated Quality. "Quantity has a certain Quality about it" The Tiger tank would just MUTILATE any other tank, since it had a deadly 88mm gun which was effective at 1000 yds with very thick armor. Other tanks could only engage at 500 yds, & it would just bounce off the Tiger. US fighter planes are also designed like this. "US builds fighter planes like Swiss watches, Russia builds fighter planes like Timex [takes a beating, keeps on ticking]" Those fancy US fighter planes may have super precision capability, but their #'s would eventually be skimmed down in a protracted conflict. The Russian fighters would prevail in the long run. "Victory belongs to the Most Persevering" -- Napoleon I'm afraid that Mac = German Tiger Tank (nearly invincible), US fighter jets PC = Sherman Tank (flimsy, burns easy when hit) #'s end up prevailing. Not a good sign for the Mac community. There are some famous Tiger Tank encounters, where they massacred a bunch of US or Russian tanks. It was hideous. > > > But there is no doubt that software quality could be improved significantly > for very > little money - it is a question of attitude. > > martin > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
