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"[…] in reality, bigger companies move slower. I don't really think this is a good excuse - if policies and processes mean it takes 5 months to release an updat
by Skroob 16y ago
"[…] in reality, bigger companies move slower. I don't really think this is a good excuse - if policies and processes mean it takes 5 months to release an update, then the policies and processes need improving. If a big company can't work as efficiently as a small company, then the big company should act as smaller companies."
This seems really naive to me. If Microsoft could just "act as smaller companies" on directive, they wouldn't be in the mess they're in.
Of course, on the other side, a MS employee simply stating that big companies move slower like it's an unchangeable law of nature gives a little insight into the problem as well.
- mxavier 16y agoHe missed an opportunity to make another point here. Surely it isn't easy for a large company to behave like a small one or that they move slowly. However, being a large, seasoned company with all kinds of bureaucracy should at least buy you the ability to set realistic deadlines and meet them. Announcing a critical update to your platform and then failing to deliver it four months late is a small-company mistake, and mistake is being really generous.
- contextfree 16y agoThey tried to set a realistic deadline - they internally estimated they'd have it out in January, but were usually careful to pad that out to "early 2011" or "in the coming months" in public. Unfortunately they slipped a couple times.