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I see you enjoy Apple products, and I seem to remember you're older and you have more to teach me about the world but... Wasn't Apple once the paragon for soft
by sph 4y ago
I see you enjoy Apple products, and I seem to remember you're older and you have more to teach me about the world but...
Wasn't Apple once the paragon for software quality? Didn't people flock to it when it was still incredibly expensive because it was objectively better made than the competition? I remember wishing my parents were richer and would buy me a Macintosh instead of having to use a PC.
A Ferrari costs more than a Toyota, but you have to decide if you want to make a car that sells a lot, or a premium car. Can't have both, but these days in software they're all making Ladas, and no one is shipping Mercedes, let alone a Ferrari.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoYeah, I feel as if the shine is wearing off of Apple. I saw the company I worked for (once synonymous with "Quality") take a big hit, when they started making money, and selling in the millions, but they also got clobbered, and I hope they are going back to their Quality roots (although it may be too late).
- sph 4y agoQuality starts at the top. A Cook will never become a Jobs, and they make very few Jobs in our fields. This is why I said we lack the role models. The philosophy of "ship, then fix" and VCs demanding a quick RoI creates a culture of Cooks. With all due respect to the guy, he is not a visionary nor an idealist.