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What reduction in bug rate should we expect for each, day, $100M invested?
by brians 9y ago
What reduction in bug rate should we expect for each, day, $100M invested?
- foobarz 9y agoBack in time, Microsoft invested heavily in program analysis to fix those hideous BSODs due to broken third-party drivers. It was very successful. Apple's problem is simpler as they own the code, and bugs are likely to come from understaffed engineering.
- connorelsea 9y agoApple's self-contained platform, huge sums of money, and massive upgrade adoption rates would make it very easy for them to ship modern software. They for some reason choose not to
- threeseed 9y agoiOS and OSX isn't modern software ? I am curious about the qualities an operating system needs to be deemed "modern".
- connorelsea 9y agoI personally love iOS and macOS and use them both daily. Though there are facets of both that I think could easily be improved given Apple's position. Off the top of my head - A. Slow development cycles on Safari (they're getting better, but still) while simultaneously blocking competitors on iOS B. A number of embarrassing security failures on macOS recently C. A lack of focus on macOS (Probably the cause of B)
- VikingCoder 9y agoI can't tell you how many more meters per second you will get if you push harder on the gas... But I can tell you that pushing harder on the gas is likely to get you where you're going quicker. Do we really need to discuss exact m/s before you're willing to push harder on the frickin gas?
- FroshKiller 9y ago"Measure twice, cut once."