This is a myth. There is only suitability to solve a problem within a given context. At first, it's "how fast can I bring this to market", then "how does this scale" (in terms of execution efficiency). Finally, "can I hire people to do this?"

The starting point is inevitably what the initial implementer is most familiar with (or infatuated with) at the moment.

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about how asinine this technology argument is.

This was eloquently described by Phil Karlton, and extended by Martin Fowler:

There are only 2 hard things in computer science: Cache invalidation, the naming of things, and off-by-one errors.

http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html

You're right! Which is why I downloaded a really cool Chrome extension which does neat things like locate numbers in text and provide reference points. To whit:

So the conclusion is "both work; each has some flakiness".

That's a long-winded way of saying "meh".

vi or emacs debates anyone?

Because this is a fantastic way to get to be an expert on new stuff.

Pfft. Everyone on any given team knows who is good and who is dead weight. Listen to people, and make appropriate decisions. Yes, metrics are good to show improvement over time, but a weak, immature and cowardly way to identify poor performers.

For that exact reason. It doesn't represent much license value to Adobe, so they figure they'll try to turn it into goodwill value.

The quality of first post trolls has really decreased in the last few years.

Rich people spending too much money results in inflation at a local level. Film at 11.

Bullshit.

A publisher could easily offer (as an example) a PKI based scheme to cache content for a specific period of time.

There are easy technical solutions to a variety of these kinds of issues.

I was never very good at adhering to fashion fads. I suppose that's why I wasn't very popular at school.

I suppose that local caching of something as relatively static as a textbook is out of the question? My dead-tree edition books were often cached for 5-20 years. Really, how frequently does arithmetic change from year to year? Literature? Science and "Social Studies" I buy as being a little more dynamic, but still within a year?