Sad? It's no use developing something you can't sell. Design for profatibility. A company needs to survive. So they should design what we ask for.
On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 22:52, frank theriault wrote: > Mike sez: > > "The fact is that the specification of the product when the product is a > lens begins not with a technical problem, but with a marketing one. As such, > the chief puzzles faced by the engineers is one of dealing with limitations > that may have little to do with absolute exercises in design. Only seldom is > the marketing problem to make something of higher quality than the > competition has." > > What a sad (but I'm sure true) commentary on corporate culture today. > > Thanks for posting that column for us, Mark. You're right, it's a good one, > as Mike's columns always are. > > cheers, > frank > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > >From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Another great one from Mike > >Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:10:46 -0500 > > > >Mike Johnston's "Sunday Morning Photographer": > >http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-04-02-22.shtml > > > >-- > >Mark Roberts > >Photography and writing > >www.robertstech.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca -- Frits W�thrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
