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I don't think a Billion dollars would make a dent in the bugs on OSX and iDevices. Look at the NASA cost per line of code. Now look at the lines of code in just

I don't think a Billion dollars would make a dent in the bugs on OSX and iDevices. Look at the NASA cost per line of code. Now look at the lines of code in just OSX alone. (Ignore iTunes etc). Frankly, people aren't willing to pay $5000 for a music app when the free iTunes one works. Or $9000 for the "bug free" word processor with 100 features, then the $100 buggy word processor from microsoft with 1000 features exists.

EGreg 10y ago
Are you serious? A billion dollars wouldn't make a dent in the bugs on OSX and iDevices? They used to have far fewer bugs. At the very least – and this costs far less than a billion dollars – you can massively expand your regression testing. Have more automated regression tests. Do testing in more environments. I mean, it's not that hard to realize that the Wifi is borked, or that the Message Composer in all iOS apps are now broken. Some of the new Apple bugs are just unbelievable. It makes Antennagate seem like masterful execution. Ask anyone, Apple's reputation as "it just works" and "the most natural to use" has greatly diminished. They were far more interested in changing everything over to "flat" interfaces (which made it far more ambiguous where you can tap, etc.) and thin fonts (which made it harder to read). OK great, so Apple is now a follower. No, a Billion dollars can do a lot if you have the right people. This ain't healthcare.gov .
- brianwawok 10y ago
  > Are you serious? A billion dollars wouldn't make a dent in the bugs on OSX and iDevices? yes. > They used to have far fewer bugs. They also had far fewer features. Bugs are proportional to features^2 > No, a Billion dollars can do a lot if you have the right people. This ain't healthcare.gov . Microsoft has billions. How much better is windows 10 than windows XP? Literally billions have been spent on that upgrade.

EGreg 10y ago

Are you serious? A billion dollars wouldn't make a dent in the bugs on OSX and iDevices? They used to have far fewer bugs. At the very least – and this costs far less than a billion dollars – you can massively expand your regression testing. Have more automated regression tests. Do testing in more environments. I mean, it's not that hard to realize that the Wifi is borked, or that the Message Composer in all iOS apps are now broken. Some of the new Apple bugs are just unbelievable. It makes Antennagate seem like masterful execution. Ask anyone, Apple's reputation as "it just works" and "the most natural to use" has greatly diminished. They were far more interested in changing everything over to "flat" interfaces (which made it far more ambiguous where you can tap, etc.) and thin fonts (which made it harder to read). OK great, so Apple is now a follower. No, a Billion dollars can do a lot if you have the right people. This ain't healthcare.gov .

brianwawok 10y ago
> Are you serious? A billion dollars wouldn't make a dent in the bugs on OSX and iDevices? yes. > They used to have far fewer bugs. They also had far fewer features. Bugs are proportional to features^2 > No, a Billion dollars can do a lot if you have the right people. This ain't healthcare.gov . Microsoft has billions. How much better is windows 10 than windows XP? Literally billions have been spent on that upgrade.