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Originally Posted by PatNY
Are you not being overly strict in your usage here? Surely, in the context of technology, it is pretty universally inferred that "innovation" means both better and "ahead of the competition." When you additionally include the context of this specific discussion and its related issues, then I think that association between innovation and "better" can be made even stronger. After all, if the "innovation" didn't clearly make a product better, then there would be little reason to charge more for it.
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I don't think I am. A proponent of thing will certainly highlight innovation, but a polite detractor will also. "Well, Mr Smith, your proposal to use genetically engineered electric eels for our city's power needs is certainly innovative, but we've decided to go another way. Security!"
Seriously, one can acknowledge innovative elements in an otherwise flawed product.
I'm not exactly sure what leebase was referring to as innovative in the mini, but I don't see any reason to assume he was referring to the design decisions that Hans mentioned. Unless I missed a post. Which is very possible.
But more to the point, I could not suppress the face-palm reaction to a post saying "You said 'innovative,' and that means 'ahead of the competition' Here, look at the definition..." which clearly says nothing of the sort.
ApK