Re: [Fwd: Re: Wikipedia criticism about root]

From: Julius Hrivnac <Julius.Hrivnac_at_cern.ch>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:41:30 +0200


Hi Valeri,

           why have you shortened the description of FUD ?

Valeri Onuchin wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROOT
>
> The "Criticism" section "looks like" a typical FUD created
> by Python, AIDA fan and man who's stuck on "academical ideas".
>
> "FUD sands for Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt.
> It is a marketing technique used when a competitor launches a product
> that is both better than yours and costs less, i.e. your product is no longer
> competitive. Unable to respond with hard facts, scare-mongering is used
> via 'gossip channels' to cast a shadow of doubt over the competitors offerings
> and make people think twice before using it."

It continues:

In general it is used by companies with a large market share, and the overall message is 'Hey, it could be risky going down that road, stick with us and you are with the crowd. Our next soon-to-be-released version will be better than that anyway'.

The full text is here: http://www.cavcomp.demon.co.uk/halloween/fuddef.html

Do you think 'companies with a large market share' fits more with Root or with 'Python, AIDA fan and man who's stuck on "academical ideas"' ?

I may certainly be biased, but it seems to me that FUD fits very well with Root-team propaganda towards AIDA, Java,...

            Julius

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