noozguru, I'm a firm believer, whatever the heck that is, in if it ain't broke,
don't fix it. That makes sense and thanks for the insight about
stockholderware, something I would never think of. Btw, I really liked your
post about walking in the rain. It had a wonderful feel to it and that kind of
straight forward narration can be really trick to pull off. Hope you'll do more
of it. Whatever the weather (-:
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From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Software 'upgrades' as spiritual practice
It's not always a rational thing. The company I worked for had focus groups to
decide what feature should be in the next product. Some of those groups just
told me they were satisfied with the product as it was. The old "if it ain't
broke, don't fix it" thang. It's the stockholders who want new stuff too so
their holding rise. I coined the term "stockholderware" because of that.
On 09/21/2013 09:54 AM, Share Long wrote:
>Well, noozguru, is it simply lust for something new? Or is it some drive to
>stimulate sleepy parts of the brain? Fire up some new neuronal pathways? In
>the past I would have automatically agreed. But now, I'm not so sure it's
>always a bad thing!
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> From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net>
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 11:23 AM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Software 'upgrades' as spiritual practice
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>Of course there is no such thing as a "perfect program" as well as no such
>thing as a "perfect programmer" ( though a lot of them think they are). Stuff
>needs updating to get rid of bugs or fix the bugs they shipped with to just to
>look good for the stock analysts who will trash them if they don't make their
>projected release date.
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>Then we have that odd creature: the
consumer. They always crave something new.
It doesn't matter if the software does
everything they need they still want
"something new" or your competition will
create "something new" to steal your
market. So companies are always tweaking
this, adding that to just satisfy that lust.
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>Strange world we live in, Charlie Brown.
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>On 09/20/2013 11:47 PM, turquoiseb wrote:
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>>All of this furor over Neo has reminded me that the world of mobile apps is
>>just SO much more spiritual than the world of Web apps. Those who are
>>bitching are missing out on this.
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>>Direct Update ("We're going to 'upgrade'
your app without your permission the
instant you log in") is SO much more Zen
than Voluntary Upgrade ("We have a new
version of our app...do you want to try
it?). The latter invites people to dig
their heels in, stick with the Old
Familiar, and resist change. The latter
enforces change.
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>>After all, if you can remember that
there was a previous version of the app,
you're just not Here And Now enough, are
you? :-)
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