RE: [Full-Disclosure] M$ - so what should they do?

From: joe (mvp_at_joeware.net)
Date: 06/22/04

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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:33:02 -0400

    Oh absolutely. I've said it before, they aren't coding for the common good
    of the people. They are a business, to think they would make changes for any
    other reason than financial gain is silly. However, without changes and
    improvement, they won't continue to grow and sell so they need to make
    changes.

    If I owned a large software business I wouldn't just make changes because
    philosophically they made me happy or someone else happy but wouldn't help
    the bottom line of the company at all. I don't think most honest speaking
    folks would say the same.

    Knowing the specifics of what people think need to be improved could help
    someone in the company who has been fighting for that exact improvement.
    Most times when I have spoken with MS Dev guys or QFE guys, they think the
    same thing I do or many others do, however they don't have enough customer
    comments to back them to get management to sign off on the change.
    Additionally giving ideas on HOW something should be improved tends to go a
    longer way than simply saying something sucks and needs to be improved.

    Finally, the number of requests they get for changes probably balances out
    to 25-30% actually being able to be kept as the others all cancel each other
    out in being equal and opposite requests. I see that on a small scale with
    just the few tools I write and I maybe get only 100-200 emails a week with
    requests.

     joe

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    On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:52:09 EDT, Michael Schaefer said:
    > What would you suggest Microsoft do to improve ?

    They will improve if and only if actually improving (as opposed to making
    noises about improving) makes financial sense.

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