> Everything IT related everywhere is perpetually broken. Thats > the marketing model of all the smart companies. Name one > peiece of software anywhere, ever, that does everything > perfectly? It doesnt exist. If it did exist, Microsoft would > buy it and supress it and probably 'hush up' anybody who > tried to unsupress it with a large wad of money, if necessary > ton's of large wad's of money used as a bludgeoning weapon, > because it would kill their marketing strategy. > > The question is just the degree of brokenness. If its > sufficiently unbroken that it does what it needs to, you > ignore the brokenness. When upgrades or fixes come out, they > invariably leave something broken, to allow for the next > upgrade. The question with any software is 'does it fix > enough of my problems to justify what it breaks?' the > question with upgrades is always "is what it breaks worth > what it fixes." > > Any presumption that begins with 'If it ain't broke' doesnt > apply when dealing with IT.
Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity. I fully agree with your second paragraph, but rather than attributing this to marketing (malice), I'd blame complexity and time-to-market issues (stupidity). In addition, this problem doesn't exist solely in IT, it exists in other fields with similar complexity and time-to-market issues. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
