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True, although software can never be 100% user/customer/community driven. Something Henry Ford something something “faster horses.” Or within my lifetime, if we
by raganwald 14y ago
True, although software can never be 100% user/customer/community driven. Something Henry Ford something something “faster horses.” Or within my lifetime, if we had take a survey in 1983, how many personal computer users would have voted for “mouse and bitmapped screen” as their top priority?
- grecy 14y agoSteve Jobs has a famous quote about hating focus groups. "You can't ask people what they want because they haven't seen it yet." (or something along those lines)
- dllthomas 14y ago> [H]ow many personal computer users would have voted for “mouse and bitmapped screen” as their top priority? I still wouldn't...
- codinghorror 14y agoI didn't say 100%, did I? Anyone pushing for 100% of anything is basically crazy. Also, as for "faster horses", per this article "We have no evidence that Ford ever said those words." http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/08/henry_ford_never_said_the_fast.html http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/08/henry_ford_never_said_the_fa...