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A better idea for microsoft would be to get back into writing great software. Their main business as always been software. If they can do this they don't have t

• axod 18y ago
  To write great software though you have to be able to move fast and iterate. I don't think they can do that with the vast number of staff they have. It'd probably be a good first move to get rid of half the staff - should speed things up a bit.
  • marcus 18y ago
    The problem is that in any large company, accurate evaluation of an individuals ability/contribution is nearly impossible. Deciding which half of the staff to axe would be better performed by coin toss than by any method a company is likely to employ.
  • electromagnetic 18y ago
    It depends on what you consider great software. I agree the Office programmers could do with being cut in half or into two departments, one with a majority of senior programmers and one with newer programmers; one produces Office and one runs through all the code and tests the sucker to death. However, writing an OS I don't think fast is necessarily good. The biggest improvement (IMO) microsoft could make to windows would essentially be a completely error free XP. I've tried Vista and I've seen no appreciable improvement and just a huge pain in the ass for doing absolutely everything I'm used to. I think if they could make XP survive anything that can be thrown at it and virus proof the sucker to hell, I think it would be the best product MS ever made.
    • kahseng 18y ago
      Have you tried Windows 7? You might want to, I was really pleasantly surprised.