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No, actually these kinds of things are binary. Either you launch with something that isn't good enough, or you launch with something that is good enough. It tak
by dcurtis 14y ago
No, actually these kinds of things are binary. Either you launch with something that isn't good enough, or you launch with something that is good enough. It takes talented people to know when that line is crossed.
My point with this post was to highlight the importance of people within an organization like Yahoo having the ability to veto product launches when the line hasn't been crossed. Hundreds of people were involved with Axis, no doubt, and many of them I am sure experienced the same pain that you did when you watched the ad. This is not about the product, per se. It's about the state of the product right now, and the ability of the designers/engineers to make great stuff.
- jacquesm 14y agoSo make it specific, tell them what to change about the product, especially if you liked certain features. It's really easy to say 'this sucks' but that does not offer an alternative. And to attack the marketing around the launch is something that shows a lot about yahoo as a company but does not say anything about the product (it could be brilliant, for all I know). All the really good people left Yahoo! long ago, so that's why there is nobody there with the cojones to say 'No.', or the clout to make it stick. But in spite of that this product apparently still has some good elements in it and that alone should be cause for surprise. To me that is a positive thing, even if they messed up everything else around it because I had long ago given up on even that being possible. The rest is just 'business as usual'.
- kamaal 14y ago>>All the really good people left Yahoo! long ago You know what, Its always that the 'real' people leave a company in crisis 'long ago'. There have been many examples when the 'unreal' people manage to turn the company around. Chrysler, IBM, Apple have all seen turn around with such people.