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Oh, that scenario, retreating corporate sponsor would probably not have retreated if only usage was more visible, that must have been very frustrating. Almost s
by usrusr 5y ago
Oh, that scenario, retreating corporate sponsor would probably not have retreated if only usage was more visible, that must have been very frustrating. Almost seems as if the odd occasional visibility boost from some heavy bug or exploit could have saved it. Were Oscar Wilde and PT Barnum secretly open source visionaries?
- glangdale 5y agoOne thing I found immensely frustrating was that occasionally other projects at Intel (not mentioning names) would wind up completely fucking up by, say, building the wrong thing, then they would do some heroic 8-week "save" of the mess that they made, and wind up getting Major Corporate Recognitions. A bodgy, high-touch system that required endless customization and lots of meetings would become a high profile project that could ultimately get the corporate equivalent of high fives all around. Meanwhile, if you ship a library that Just Works, people quietly link it into their product and move on with their lives.
- usrusr 5y agoSorry to hear that, I was hoping that my "no such thing as bad publicity" musings were merely crazy what-ifs, not a reflection of your reality.
- pkaye 5y agoThat has been my own experience too. The heroics to fix messes are given more recognition than a properly run projects. One company would actually give quarterly awards be those who did heroics.