Software Process and Reduction of Quality

re: Software Process and Reduction of Quality

Thomas — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:45:48 GMT

I remember when innovation and cool products were more important than the bottom line at MS.

Not the case anymore. Products like Zune are perfect examples of what happens when a company starts thinking about money and not what people want.

It’s all about $ and politics these days at MS.

I’m a 15 year dev and yes I work in the .NET framework now but honestly I am starting to work in other platforms because MS has lost touch.

You cannot outsource innovation. It comes from individuals. Yes these individuals need to have deadlines but they are unacceptable at MS therefore innovation has come to a HALT.

Please, release yet another version of MS mobile while I check my mail on my iPhone.

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re: Software Process and Reduction of Quality

PeterRitchie — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:15:48 GMT

@Dan. Sure, the majority of them may not provide comment; but by not being involved with the community an organization is cutting off a huge potential feedback avenue.

If an organization has found they aren't getting any feedback through community involvement, they've either written a perfect API/SDK or simply aren't involved in a way that fosters communications (e.g. they reject suggestions, provide a means of logging feedback but make it high-friction, etc.).

re: Software Process and Reduction of Quality

Dan Blair — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:08:26 GMT

>In the case of producing an API or and SDK, I believe these practices includes community involvement.

I agree with your comment, but I have come to find that most developers (consumers of your API or SDK) just don't care enough to provide comment. They are too busy doing whatever it is they aren't doing well. If you have a significantly large population of users that you can find people with passion then you are fortunate, take care of them and rmember them for the future.