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On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Kevin Wilcox <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/2/5 Miller Grey <[email protected]>: >> No, it doesn't make sense...I don't think Redmond missed the point at all, >> they're trying to introduce a concept totally new to the everyday user who, >> like Valdis said, only "...wants his dancing hamster screensaver.", and will >> blindly click any OK button that pops up. Ultimately, Valdis is right, >> Redmond cares about profit, and creating an OS that is irritating to the >> everyday jackass does not help their profits. > > Wait, so is he right when he said all they care about is profit, was > he right when he said they intentionally missed it or both? No, he isn't. But they're an enterprise, and they like money more than good code. The Marxist product-based profit posture enforced in the referred software vendor is a curse through which organizations let quality go for the mere financial benefit of some banking accounts. Agile methodologies and its horrible "extremme programming" (XP) premises constitute a few examples. -- Marcio Barbado, Jr. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
