"the right ones"...what would the "rights ones" have been besides shipping functioning software for their users and making money for their shareholders?
That's kind of my point. On this forum we tend to define "right" by a certain standard of engineering aesthetics. I say a certain standard of aesthetics because it definitely isn't the only one.
Other definitions of "right" could reasonably include "our software performed the intended functions expected by the people that paid for it."
One common definition of "right" in capitalist countries is the fiduciary responsibility to maximize profit. It's not one that I personally think works in every scenario. That version of "right" can often find it's self in direct contradiction of definitions from moral, social, and legal areas.
My only point was that "right" means a very particular thing on HN. It means Unix-y...but not actually Unix...its this Unix that inhabits someone's mind. Where X and sockets are also "files" and text is the only RPC system you would ever need. It's also functional programming fetishistic. LISP because of the great PG. Erlang because I heard of this one really awesome app with great up time...and have you heard about Plan 9, it's perfect if it weren't for {insert dark force of mediocracy} that kept it from being a winner.
Thanks for asking. I've been needing to say that to someone for a long time.
