[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Barriers to Adoption: exponential userbase size increases

[Miles Bader]

Zenaan Harkness <address@hidden> writes:
> (perhaps it was Joel On Software, but I don't remember sorry)
> that each barrier to entry (eg. reading incumbent file format,
> writing incumbent file format, matching (or providing option
> for) incumbent keyboard shortcuts, UI layout, etc) _doubled_
> the potential userbase, and therefore the number of actual
> adopters of your alternative/ new program.

I sure hope he said more than that because it seems completely absurd to
claim that all "barriers to entry" have the same significance.

-Miles
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