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>Not sure what we're discussing. The "one in a million" point is 
>contradictory to my
>argument, which is that a solution is best if it covers the main use cases.

See the first part of my translation. Charging ahead recklessly is 
allright if you have backup plans maturing in case the early 
experimentation doesn't work out; even mistakes can be learned from! 
But deliberately dismissing all possibilities save one, when keeping 
those other options open doesn't mean you are still "indecisive" 
about what to do (since when does exploring opportunities mean we 
can't seize ANY of them?), is just succumbing to a false dilemma. We 
don't need to "make up our minds" what to do; we don't need to limit 
ourselves with the idea that we can only have ONE idea in our minds 
at one time, that we are only capable of preparing ONE plan for the 
future, that we as a community must all follow exactly the same path 
if we are to succeed.

I dislike the repeated urging that we must either commit to a certain 
path now (in the imminent future!) or lose that opportunity forever, 
the outright assertions that various important parties have not been 
"progressing slowly" but rather holding back waiting silently for a 
specific opportunity that none of those powerful parties have so much 
as hinted at (much less requested) before, the predictions of doom 
and gloom if we fail to switch promptly, the promises of ROI so 
fantastically improbable that it defies belief, the implication that 
if we leave our minds open to alternatives we are ourselves unsure of 
what our plans or actions are. It all has the trappings, in other 
words, of a scam - (traditional) elements for psychological 
manipulation, such as "Act now before it's too late!" (i.e. don't 
take the time to think about this offer), which as a legitimate (if 
accidental) persuasion technique is awkward at best.

-Shade