On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:03:42 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>>
>> >Perhaps they sell more than everyone else, likely more than all others
>> >put together...
>> >
>> >I would highly doubt that
>> >
>> > out selling the competion is the best indication of being the *best*.
>>
>> Yes, best seller.
>> >
>> >Nope. it isn't a good indication at all
>> > Heck, isn't Budweiser the leading seller of swill in America? I can
>> >walk into any store anywhere and find a much better beer than Budweiser.
>> >
>> That statement is your opinion and your opinion doesn't prove or
>> disprove anything.
>> >
>> >I haven't bought a bottle of Tabasco in years. Maybe 7 or 8. and I use
>> >hot sauce almost every day
>> >
>> Which proves what? I can tell you what it proves to me: You use hot
>> sauce almost daily.
>
>I think that it is a decent example for his point that being the most
>popular product does not make it the best. Tabasco sauce has product
>recognition. For years, it was the only hot sauce available around here.
>It remains popular, but we now have a lot more options. Beer and soft
>drinks really heavily on advertising to sales. Wonder Bread has always been
>a big seller, but you would have a hard time convincing me and many others
>that it is the best bread.

"Best" is an opinion - not fact. Create industry standards to measure
"best", then get back to me.

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