On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Charlie Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 09:34 AM 5/6/2008 -0700, Michael Madigan wrote: > >I agree. All the software I've written for my customers have all been > >evolutionary. I don't start fresh every time they need more bells and > >whistles, I just add to what I already have. > > > >Why doesn't Microsoft? > > Just a shot in the dark here... > > They can't approach things that way because of their business model. They > have to make their customers "think" they are getting major enhancements. > And, as absolutely crazy as it sounds, user-interface stuff makes things > look "new" (even though it causes learning curve problems). > > There really has been extremely little innovation from MS since Windows > 2000 - in terms of actual functional breakthroughs. Just like their .Net > stuff - nothing really new, just a "packaging" deal (wrapping the actual > functionality in MS's concept of a framework). However, you can't charge > hundreds of dollars for a new version (or thousands in the case of .Net) > if > it doesn't appear to be an incredible "breakthrough." > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Continuing proof that Charlie doesn't have a clue. Security has changed big time over the 2000 / XP / Vista product lines. Visual Studio is now the name of the product because it was such a change from the ver 1.x. Since then they have added on so much that it's not worth the time to discuss. Added in a bunch in teh security department there as well. :) -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
