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One word: Microsoft. Two words: shipping crap. Three words: It may get better. Four words: let the users test. Last word: doomed. Where is the system engineer?

One word: Microsoft. Two words: shipping crap. Three words: It may get better. Four words: let the users test. Last word: doomed. Where is the system engineer? Why did Macromedia become so great? "In college, Randy's classmate Norman Meyrowitz was giving a presentation when a light bulb on the projector blew out." The rest is history.

Bluestein 2y ago
> Why did Macromedia become so great? Flash filled a need. CSS is just now beginning to achieve feature parity.-
- Qwertious 2y ago
  Flash filled a need to install software in a single click, which the web browser made possible. Flash unironically became so widespread because Microsoft dropped the ball in OS development.
  - Bluestein 2y ago
    "Silverlight", anyone?
    - Qwertious 2y ago
      The ball Microsoft dropped was in Windows' lack of package manager. Silverlight was an unrelated event, namely Microsoft's me-too attempt at Flash.
IndrekR 2y ago
The reference here is to “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Lecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Lecture
- Bluestein 2y ago
  Thanks for that. I was wondering - and, of course that lecture.-