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One of the chapters added in the second edition of Peopleware quotes from a presentation by Steve McMenamin: "People hate change ... and that’s because people h
by SloopJon 9y ago
One of the chapters added in the second edition of Peopleware quotes from a presentation by Steve McMenamin: "People hate change ... and that’s because people hate change ... I want to be sure that you get my point. People really hate change. They really, really do."
- coldtea 9y agoAnd still tons of projects managed to get people on board. Change has to be compelling. Python 3 wasn't until at least recently (3.5 and on). Change has to be backwards compatible as possible. Python 3 wasn't, often for BS reasons. Change better has some major selling feature. Python 3 has nothing that special over 2. Change must come with nice conversion tools. 2to3 wasn't that. etc...