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Samsung's software design feels like an analogy of Korean corporate structure.
by ethbr0 6y ago
Samsung's software design feels like an analogy of Korean corporate structure.
- revendell_elf 6y agoAnd what is Korean corporate structure?
- cerved 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol
- cageface 6y agoSamsung's software is really not bad these days. I feel like there's a hint of Western arrogance in the dismissals they get now.
- ethbr0 6y ago"Better" would be a fair summary [0]. The original quip was an application of Conway's law, in that if you have a rigid, hierarchical organization with lots of bureaucracy, you're probably not going to get great software out the other side. At least for consumer devices. You might make exemplary software for other rigid, hierarchical enterprises. It's nothing against Koreans. It's everything against how Korea has organized its corporate culture, even if it's making efforts to change that. [0] https://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-One-UI-3.0-android-11-new-features-review_id129053 https://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-One-UI-3.0-android-1...