In article >, "Del Cecchi"
> wrote:

> "Curly Sue" > wrote in message
> ...
(snippage)
> > It seems you recognize that there are criteria for quality in kiwis,
> > namely flavor, color, texture.
> >
> > All of the examples you given are of people who don't know what they
> > are talking about. Those who are food snob-wannabes without doing
> > their homework to find out what quality is, relying instead on
> > (generally) correlated indicators such as price and name brand.
> >
> > Sue(tm)
> > Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
>
> Quality is conformance to specification. Read any quality
> engineering book, ask any industrial engineer.
>
> Is a horse higher quality than a duck? Meaningless question. Is
> Fois Gras higher quality than liverwurst? Likewise a meaningless
> question.
>
> del cecchi

What happens when there's disagreement about the specs, Del?
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"Are we going to measure, or are we going to cook?" -Food Critic Mimi Sheraton