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Spolsky had an "architecture astronaut" critique in part about how Ozzie keeps blowing years rewriting Notes: http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/05/01.html ht
by prodigal_erik 15y ago
Spolsky had an "architecture astronaut" critique in part about how Ozzie keeps blowing years rewriting Notes: http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/05/01.html http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/05/01.html
- mnutt 15y agoRereading that article, I had forgotten about this part: "because synchronizing files is just not a killer application. I'm sorry. It seems like it should be. But it's not."
- sriramk 15y agoI read that same bit again. Kudos to Dropbox - I would have agreed with that statement if Dropbox hadn't existed
- bad_user 15y agoThat's because Microsoft is not familiar with the single most important principle when designing consumer products ... simplicity and exclusion. Dropbox is useful because it's in essence a simple product. Every time Microsoft designs something, it has to include everything but the kitchen sink.