> >> Doing things to survive here while I complete my software product > >> (I'm not going to package/ship it until I'm satisfied it's done). > > > > You'd never cut it at M$ with that attitude, Bill! "Ship > it!" But then again, perhaps M$ is waiting for Vista satisfaction before > shipping......of course, they're ripping out several "key" > features they headlined initially. Perhaps you should just rip out > features in your product and ship it sooner? Curious---do you have > competition? If they make it to market ahead of you, are you pretty much sunk > (like happened to Lotus 1-2-3, imo)?
It's coming from the mainframe software world, where utmost precision has always been the rule, and since money in that world is no object, we always had QA people testing every tiny detail, doc included. The PC world broke that stride so everyone can have 'cheap' computers. I jumped on the bandwagon too, because excitement over having a machine of my own trumped the trepidation I felt over how the PC world was (not, I should say) setup. We all face (growing) competition, no matter what we do, but it's a really big world out there, and I think there will room for well written/tested/documented products for a while to come. We chose a tough road though. The cost of creating quality software products is a killer, but as long as we love doing what we do, what the heck, it sure beats a whole lot of other jobs! Bill > Michael J. Babcock, MCP _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
