Alan J Fletcher wrote:
ps : On the demonstration front -- I once demonstrated a new
Engineering Workstation --- schematic entry, logic simulation
We were still coding the night before the exhibition floor opened (DAC
1983).
Nobody noticed that after issuing a "redraw" of a complicated
schematic or layout I held the mouse perfectly still. If I didn't, the
system would freeze and we'd have to reboot (which took about 15
minutes those days).
It was real, of course ... just not quite customer-ready.
Yes . . . yes . . . I have sweated through similar experiences.
If you were Microsoft you would have sold that product as is. You would
call that a feature. The, umm, "instant hold option." You would charge
extra to make it go away! That's why Bill Gates is the richest guy in
the world, and you aren't.
It is called "recognizing the opportunity" or "making lemonade when your
product is a lemon." See Dilbert for details.
- Jed
