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0 pointsDylan1680717d ago0 comments

"defined their product category" means it used to be outstanding, not that it currently is outstanding.

"among the most popular" doesn't need either of those to be true.

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stouset17d ago· 3 in thread

As a concrete example, Windows defined the product category. And it is still the most popular desktop operating system in the world by far.

Few here would argue that it’s an outstanding product.

pigeons17d ago

More than plenty of people (including me) would argue that Windows is an awful product, but a quite significant number of people (maybe even including me) would argue that its an outstanding product.

coldtea16d ago

>but a quite significant number of people (maybe even including me) would argue that its an outstanding product.

Are those people in the room with us now?

wiseowise17d ago

I hate Windows with passion and can still acknowledge that it is an outstanding product.

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