Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are correct, all software has bugs, but there are bugs and there are bugs. If a company continuously releases software with major bugs their market presence will soon begin to evaporate. Steve -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Frank Filippone Sent: 14 May 2005 14:28 To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: Firmware was Re: [Leica] Still no DMR All SW is buggy. You want customers to buy YOUR buggy SW, not your competitors. Meeting company deadlines maintains your market presence. It is a management mandated approach, not a vote by committee approach. It is not very much liked by engineering, who rightfully, wants to release SW that is bug free. Getting good SW engineers to work towards deadlines is harder than it sounds. Losing customers is the best way to having a short term business. If you involve engineering in understanding WHY it is important to release on a schedule, they tend to support the decision. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net \ Typical project manager approach, AKA 'buy our buggy software' ;-) Steve