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Gerry Schmitz27-Mar-23 12:05
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NightPen28-Mar-23 7:11
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Actually, Microsoft really would like to fix these issues. They have a serious problem though, some of it is poly driven some is the reality of the situation they are in. They can't change things too radically as that will potentially break millions of business apps. I know, an icon or its location should be 'no big deal', but as soon as you do, Ford motor company calls up, and the Visual Basic app we have been using forever no longer works. So any visual or organizational change potentially costs Microsoft money, which is considered a cost that reduces your profit numbers. I know silly right? So the bar for changing anything is very high. Interestingly, the bar for 'adding new features' is shallow. In fact, their quarterly review process encourages new features to be added. Want a promotion, pay raise then create new features. Oh and make sure to patent anything you think of.

Is it fixable? In theory yes, but it would have to be driven from the top by the CEO. When Bill ran the company he would allow internal competition every so often. A group would be created to be a competitor to an internal product, eventually, one of the groups would be shut down and the technology that worked best would become the new product line. This approach has worked in the past and resulted in the creation of NT, Windows 2000, XP, and so on.
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