Qualification

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Qualification
A statement can be made in any number of manners.
One of the principal stylistic characteristics
that we find in peoples writing is the amount of
qualification employed. Example Basic statement
The new economy is driven by technology. Qualified
version of that statement Many aspects of
todays economy are affected by technology. The
more qualified claim is easier to defend, though
it is less exciting to make.
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Qualification

• Many of Kellys critics point to the lack of
  qualification in his writing
• His main failure is to think that the business
  model of the software industry, in which the
  first copy of a product may cost many millions of
  dollars to produce but subsequent copies cost
  only cents, will spread to all economic activity.
  
• He also writes in the best Tom Peters style, a
  rapid-fire blur of neologisms and breathless
  declarations that all the rules have changed,
  that there are limitless opportunities for those
  who have the courage to let go of old
  assumptions.
• New Rules for the New Economy is
  techno-utopianism in all its fullness adolescent
  rantings against authority promiscuous
  generalizations that would be maddening if they
  weren't so silly blissful ignorance of nuance
  and complication.

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Qualification

• Shapiro and Varian, by contrast, write in an
  understated, qualified style. Compare these
  passages from both books, each stating
  essentially the same thing
• Kelly Plentitude, not scarcity, governs the
  network economy. Duplication, replication, and
  copies run in excess. Whatever can be made, can
  be made in abundance (p. 39).
• Shapiro and Varian In traditional industries,
  reducing your average cost of production usually
  means focusing on unit costs of production using
  supply chain management, workflow analysis, and
  other tools to cut costs of parts, assembly, and
  distribution. With information goods, unit costs
  of production are negligible and supply chain
  management and related techniques usually dont
  help much with the first-copy costs. The key to
  reducing average cost in information markets is
  to increase sales volume (p. 28).