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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Dinesh who wrote (108845)5/1/2000 4:39:00 PM
From: pgerassi  Read Replies (3) of 1571242
 
Dear Dinesh:

I use a very good method. I ask those that use it for day to day activities. Ask those who hate to relearn each new version that is being forced down their throats by well meaning management. Ask those on the front lines. If all you know is Win9x and Office, you may be satisfied. There are many more who have begin to fight rather than switch. This may be the long term fix for Microsoft. However, I have seen this industry from both a user and as a creator of software. Many of the practices in the creation side, sicken me. I can see the long term consequences. I do know that writing good software is difficult. So far, the quick and dirty methods seem to win. But ultimately, when the industry is more mature, these practices will be scorned by all.

Would you like it when the manufacturers all decide to put the steering wheel on the other side? Would you like the standard to require that the gas pedal now be activated by pulling it to the right instead of down? That the steering wheel is pushed in to accelerate and pulled to stop? And that this is changed every two years? You would never buy a car that was built after today. This is what Microsoft does. They change simply to make a change. If it requires you to relearn it, too bad!

Pete
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