Re: [CR]Definition of "Quality"

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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:01:40 -0800 (PST)
From: "Joe Starck" <josephbstarck@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Definition of "Quality"
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <002001c50d7f$31caf740$6801a8c0@Velostuf>
cc: john barron- velostuf <jb@velostuf.com>


--- john barron- velostuf wrote:


> In Business Skool, I learned a very intriguing
> definition of "quality". It
> was basically, "The degree to which the finished
> product conforms to the
> specifications".
> I think it's HUGELY arrogant for one person to think
> that they get to define
> the attributes of quality/perfection for someone
> else's product.

It's not arrogant, it's delusional, UNLESS, that one person is not really "defining," but comparing to claims("specs") and standards, or if he is defining, it's not "arrogant" OR delusional, if that one person is defining from expertise.
> In other words, one bicycle builder dude might build
> a bike for
> affordability, another for handling, another for
> paint aesthetics, another
> for alignment accuracy, another for thinness of
> lugs, another for squareness
> of lug edges, another for lightness, another for
> stiffness, another for
> aerodynamics, another for lack of file marks, blah,
> blah, blah.

Custom steel frames usually comprise most of the above, sometimes too much of the "blah, blah, blah..."
> If I made something by hand, (I take pride in
> everything I do) and some dork
> proclaimed that my product didn't meet *their*
> definition of perfection, I'd
> kick their fu**ing ass... or, I'd take a
> sip of wine, and go on to
> the next post.

Why would someone ever proclaim that "your product didn't meet their definition of perfection?" Shoot, if you've got something you've made by hand, let's see it and see what happens.

Joe Starck, masidon, wi

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