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> But companies aren't afraid to cheap out on programmers. If a project fails or is late, there is a perception that that's just how software goes, no decision
by iProject 14y ago
> But companies aren't afraid to cheap out on programmers. If a project fails or is late, there is a perception that that's just how software goes, no decision they could have made could have changed the outcome.
I'm in no position to judge this, but I wonder: With increasing visibility for the cost of digital security/privacy to a corporation, isn't there hope for better valuation of programming by the "C-suite execs"?
- rayiner 14y agoI think the whole perception around software quality is changing, and security is a great example. I think smart phones are also a good example. I think people are willing to put up with crappier software on their desktop than on the thing that they rely on to make calls, send important e-mails, etc. If the iPhone was as glitchy as say Win95 Apple wouldn't make any money.
- Someone 14y agoOTOH: if Windows 8 were as glitchy as say Windows 95, it wouldn't make it in the market, either, and I bet you could have sold thousands of iPhones with the stability of Windows 95 in '95 for $10000 a piece. The market is more competitive and there is progress in the crap people accept, not only in phones, but everywhere (still too little, though. Recently, someone asked me to figure out how to set their new €100 or so radio alarm clock. I read the manual. The thing looked nice, but was a nightmare to operate. Things like "wake me an hour earlier tomorrow" were impossible to set, even with the manual in hand. So, I advised to return it. The guy listened, but I would hope that, sometime in e future, people would not need my advice to vote with their wallet)