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Re: What's experimental?




On Nov 6, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Travis Hartnett wrote:

> "Experimental" can/has become a bit of a marketing term, while  
> still functioning as an accurate adjective in some situations.


The distinction is between "ground-breaking" and something that is  
"outside the conventional".

Experimental seems to have an implication of more vigorous  
transgression of "standards".

As a marketing term, experimental as a category appears to suggest  
something more interesting than "merely" unconventional.




BobC