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Does this mean it is not possible to have a "great" software product, one that does things "better", that does not also generate "real growth"? Is it possible

by 3xblah 7y ago

Does this mean it is not possible to have a "great" software product, one that does things "better", that does not also generate "real growth"? Is it possible to have a "not great" product which neverthless generates "real growth"? Is "real growth" the sole measure/determinant of whether a product is "great"? Does that mean a small number of users who believe a product is "great" are "wrong" about said greatness if the product never experiences "real growth"?

makapuf 7y ago
Sure, revenue != greatness. But a small number of users who find a product should have a minimum viable set of high quality features to be useful can also be right. Case in point : the iPhone. it's a ipod/a (crappy compared to a laptop) web browsing device/ a (big) phone (and a camera/a flashlight/a game console...) . And it was feature packed from day one. And more or less replaced the products it embodied (sometimes a bit worse but portable and "free" once you have it in your pocket) Other case: a computer. It's so versatile and has so many uses and features its not even funny. Gaming, accounting, word processor, paint tablet. Each worse than a dedicated hardware at the start.