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Obviously the ludites^H^H^H^H^H^Hate adopters would frame their reluctance as risk aversion. As any entrepreneur will tell you "no risk, no reward." In the case of the marketplace, late adoption can have high opportunity costs as it is very typical that the ones who come into a market first get the highest share of that market.

Snide comment aside, I really don't mean to put down the late adopters. Everyone has a different comfort zone in the risk/reward spectrum. This notion of diffusion of innovation has been around for years and popularized by the book Crossing the Chasm. I recently blogged on a related topic about getting to market quickly with your software product.

HA! That "fair use" disclaimer is priceless. The terrorists have won. Ok, enough of that nonsense. What's up with PJ? Does she, or doesn't she...exist? That is the question...

Apparently it's called "mere exposure," the idea that just seeing something will make you subconciously prefer it. Here's a page on the subject: http://www.ciadvertising.org/studies/student/97_fa ll/theory/mere_exposure/index.html .

Did you have an actual quibble with my post, or did you just want to be a jackass?

This study says 20%. This one says most of the bottom 21% can't figure out the price difference between two advertised products. The National Institute for Literacy says nearly 50% of Americans are in the lowest two levels of literacy - 20% higher than Sweden.

Anything else?

I'd bet that way more than 900 have lax security.

Lame link to some study

I think MySQL reasons that it relies on the goodwill of the general FL/OSS public. Non-experts might not notice if MySQL worked to keep mum, but influentials would notice the absence.

Obviously the Nauga is some sub-species of troll! And it looks like he's been in the drugs! Just look at those wacked-out eyes!

Of course you remember. That's the most remembered commercial of all time. Made for Anacin, by Ted Bates.

If you're interested in what happened, people working out of the trunks of their car, check out this overview.

Wacky Stuff ...

Chiat/Day Experiment