If stories are true, Microsoft has some the most code-reviewed software in the world. The levels of bureaucracy they have got to go through are tremendous. Fir

If stories are true, Microsoft has some the most code-reviewed software in the world. The levels of bureaucracy they have got to go through are tremendous. First-generation Zune software was so bad that it made iTunes look good. On the other hand, there was a seismic rift between first-gen Zune software and second-gen. The new Zune client software has got one of the nicest, prettiest UIs on my system. I think that in order to generate the second-gen Zune software, a lot of the bureaucracy must have been chucked. Apparently too much. It's really too bad. I suppose that we have will have to make hard choices between stability, features, and beauty forever.