IP: previous screed....

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:03:05 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo () ccr org>
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: previous screed....
>
>
> lest people accuse me of Intel/Microsoft bashing,
> let me say that both companies produce quite useful
> and valuable products, regardless of the corner they
> find themselves in at this point.
>
> Intel has made more cpu cycles available to more people
> for more purposes than was ever imaginable before,
> and people *are* finding interesting uses for them.
>
> Likewise, Microsoft makes some tools which are quite
> useful to many people in spite of what i consider to
> be the rampant over-featurizing of many of them
> and the concomitant impact on product quality.
>
> the biggest credit one must give Microsoft is relentless
> determination.  Their most successful products today were
> absolute dogs when first announced - products that most other
> companies would have given a decent burial and moved on.  But
> Microsoft just kept on trying, pouring programmers and effort
> into release after release, until the product finally matured
> to the point of viability (and beyond).
>
> love 'em or hate 'em, one must acknowledge this characteristic
> of the organization and reckon with its considerable implications.
>
>         cheers,
>         -mo


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