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Re-reading this, I want to emphasize I am only telling this story to as an anecdote in support of the idea that the perception of being tangential is demotivati
by raganwald 18y ago
Re-reading this, I want to emphasize I am only telling this story to as an anecdote in support of the idea that the perception of being tangential is demotivating. The story should not be construed to suggest that the President was making a management mistake.
The product continued to make them a lot of money after I left, so it's not like they lost anyone critical :-)
- jrockway 18y agoThe product continued to make them a lot of money after I left, so it's not like they lost anyone critical :-) I think what this shows is that products are successful after they become successful. Once everyone has heard of your product and know that it's good, they want it ... regardless of whether or not the competition is "better". If I were Microsoft and one day I replaced Visual Studio with vim, I'm sure people would like it much more than when it was called "vim".
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- ovi256 18y agoAnd that, my friends, is branding.