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Actually "good enough" is often actually superior to "best-in-class" and "fully capable" because they are simpler to make and as a result you can make more of them.

It is often better to have 1000 things that are "good enough" then 100 things that are "best-in-class".



Right, do you want a King Tiger or 20 Shermans?


Yep. You see this play out not only in war, but in business and software as well.

e.g.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better


Quantity has a quality all of its own.

- Stalin




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