Hi Lynn,
On Mar 13, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Lynn Fredricks wrote:
Microsoft doesn't usually make decisions that affect its big two of
Office/Windows without having reasons to do it - Im sure there was
loads of
research done. I actually participated in some of that in the
Windows 2000
era (and got to fill my office with MS products for free as a
result). It is
very likely that changes went well beyond just usability planning. For
example, during the revving of Vista/2007, there was an internal
mandate at
MS to trim $1 billion out of operating costs.
I don't think they are very wise at MS... These billions of dollars
is probably going to cut employee checks. For a short time I read
about MS and came to a series of articles a few years ago... The
core of the dialog was that MS was hiring part time progammers
through employment agencies in and around Redmond. These people were
not covered for medical insurance or any of the supporting services
that full-time employees enjoy. When MS decided that a certain job
was done they let the part-timers go. Now you can think of this as
you will, but I, that maybe some of those billions that William
earned, lay on the backs of those part-timers.
Thanks, I had to get that off my chest.
David
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