> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gill, Kathy
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 12:56 PM
> Interesting assertion -- that marketing sets the schedule.
They always have everywhere I've worked (IBM, Unisys, Prime).
(SofTech wasn't so bad, but we really screwed up the UCSD P-System).
> I was responding to something you wrote
> (which you snipped when you replied to me, messing up the context).
My apologies if my editing weakened or obscured your point; I didn't
intend to do so.
> Bob Munck wrote:
> >... MS has some 11,000 people in R&D, annual profits of
> >$4,500,000,000. ... MS could start from scratch and build a
> >completely new OS of the same level of functionality in six months
> >with a tenth of those resources.
>
> Doens't sound like you were complaining about "Marketing" setting
> a schedule in this assertion.
I wasn't referring specifically to Microsoft Marketing, but to
Marketing departments everywhere. They're the Real Enemy.
> If, as you assert, MSFT could whip out an OS in six months,
> why is NT so bloody far behind schedule?
There is a huge difference between developing an OS from scratch
and doing the (n+1)st revision of one that has existed for years.
I was once given the job of analyzing, documenting, and improving
the 2-3 year cycle with which Prime developed yearly releases of
Primos. The Horror! The Horror!
> Probably about as successful as the company's attempt to use
> COTS software that has been "tweaked."
Ah, another Pet Peeve. I've made enemies all over the DoD yelling from
the rooftops that their new policy of using COTS whenever possible would
be a complete disaster.
> I remind you, Bob, that it was *you* who stated MSFT could build an OS in
> six months, not me.
And I still believe they could, but they haven't tried.
Bob Munck
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