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<blockquote cite="mid:029a01cde6ea$4024c620$c06e5260$@gmail.com"
type="cite"><span style="color:#1F497D"></span>But the question
is: who will pay for these tests, and who will release the
results? </blockquote>
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A variant is who does the tests and who interprets them.<br>
<br>
Many years ago, a small computer manufacturer had three primary
operating systems, let's call them RT-11, RSTS and RSX. A chart was
shown to the sales people telling them how much better RSX was,
based on the chosen metric. The axes had no labels. RT-11 showed a
small bar, RSTS had a much larger one and RSX had one many times
larger than either. RSX was CLEARLY better.<br>
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It turned out that the vertical axis was support dollars to support
one seat. So, if you had RSX users it cost many times as much to
keep your production system working than either of the others. This
meant that RSX brought in lots more support dollars per seat, good
for the company, bad for the customer. The company is no longer in
business.<br>
<br>
If a stove manufacturer makes a similar chart and shows stove models
on the horizontal axis and a "quality" number on the vertical axis,
who is to tell if the number is repair and maintenance costs, fuel
costs, cost of ownership, or something else. <br>
<br>
Be wary of who counts the votes.<br>
<br>
Dave 8{)<br>
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<em>"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history
will look upon the Act of depriving a whole nation of arms as
the blackest."</em><br>
Mohandus Ghandi, An Autobiography, Page 446.<br>
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