[Rathseg]

I totally agree. I actually love this. I always assume that each company exaggerates their product's capabilities.

In highly technical areas, the number of people who can push back on marketing BS is likely to be very small and there is a good chance they are working for the competition. If companies challenge each other and then defend themselves against challenges, it gives me highly valuable information to figure out who is full of it and who is not. It also tends to draw in attention of other industry people who can weigh in, adding even more to the discussion.

[KaoruAoiShiho]

Yep exactly, the adversarial system is how we do things in court, because it's the best method for truth discovery.