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The funny part to me about this story is the fact that HBO had to do a 3.5 month sprint to get this out on time. Seems like incredible incompetence that a compa

by dangero 11y ago

The funny part to me about this story is the fact that HBO had to do a 3.5 month sprint to get this out on time. Seems like incredible incompetence that a company of their size could be this unprepared for such a major and obvious business move.

fezz 11y ago
Related: http://www.geekwire.com/2014/internal-memo-hbo-cto-otto-berkes-explains-abrupt-resignation/ http://www.geekwire.com/2014/internal-memo-hbo-cto-otto-berk...
bitmapbrother 11y ago
The even funnier part is that HBO spent years and millions on their inhouse .NET solution that was headed by a former MS exec who brought in a bunch of his MS buddies. http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/12/hbo-cto-resigns-as-platform-for-standalone-streaming-service-scrapped/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/12/hbo-cto-resigns-as-p... >Anonymous sources speaking to Fortune say that the scrapping of project Maui was due to a growing distrust of Berkes. Berkes joined HBO in 2012 from Microsoft and built a Seattle office with 55 engineers, many of whom he worked with at Microsoft. The office’s separation from New York-based employees and its cost to the company apparently created divisions within HBO. Fortune wrote: "According to sources, Berkes had known about a “memory leak” [on HBO Go] for nine months but decided it was a “non-issue.” That leak eventually led to the HBO Go outages. Internally, some accused Berkes of using the outages as a way to ask for more money to invest in his Seattle engineering team. He got the investment, but HBO executives have not been pleased with what he’s delivered. Berkes delayed product launches and was unable to deliver on upgrades. “If you look at what [HBO Go] is today versus two years ago, he hasn’t really done anything,” one source said."
- throwaway0805 11y ago
  > inhouse .NET solution that This is not true.
  - timboslice 11y ago
    Which part? That it was .NET?

by dangero 11y ago

fezz 11y ago

Related: http://www.geekwire.com/2014/internal-memo-hbo-cto-otto-berkes-explains-abrupt-resignation/ http://www.geekwire.com/2014/internal-memo-hbo-cto-otto-berk...

bitmapbrother 11y ago

The even funnier part is that HBO spent years and millions on their inhouse .NET solution that was headed by a former MS exec who brought in a bunch of his MS buddies. http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/12/hbo-cto-resigns-as-platform-for-standalone-streaming-service-scrapped/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/12/hbo-cto-resigns-as-p... >Anonymous sources speaking to Fortune say that the scrapping of project Maui was due to a growing distrust of Berkes. Berkes joined HBO in 2012 from Microsoft and built a Seattle office with 55 engineers, many of whom he worked with at Microsoft. The office’s separation from New York-based employees and its cost to the company apparently created divisions within HBO. Fortune wrote: "According to sources, Berkes had known about a “memory leak” [on HBO Go] for nine months but decided it was a “non-issue.” That leak eventually led to the HBO Go outages. Internally, some accused Berkes of using the outages as a way to ask for more money to invest in his Seattle engineering team. He got the investment, but HBO executives have not been pleased with what he’s delivered. Berkes delayed product launches and was unable to deliver on upgrades. “If you look at what [HBO Go] is today versus two years ago, he hasn’t really done anything,” one source said."

throwaway0805 11y ago
> inhouse .NET solution that This is not true.
- timboslice 11y ago
  Which part? That it was .NET?