Author: KarinsDad
Date: 10:59:37 01/13/99
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On January 13, 1999 at 13:38:52, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi Don again -and Bob: >This is a very complicated issue where at each turn you can go astray. Too many >aspects to consider. By example: each time you give as example of how non-genial > is the work of MS in spite of the talented people there, you forget to mention >that when they were developping an OS like Windows they were not trying to >create the very best peice of software, but the most versatile and easy to use >for the average computer user. They were constrained to do, if I can say it, a >mediocre product. I am a writter and I believe -in my country people believe- I >am a good one, BUT each time I write my pages for magazines and newspapers I >must recall -or the chief recall it to me- the kind of public I am writting for >and so I must purposely simplify in a great degree my reasonnings, my sintaxis, >my wording, etc. So, in this case my good job is not to doo a too much literary >good job. >But if MS is, because of a Gates desire to do, try to do the best or one of the >best chess software, they are going to do it. How? Unuseful to discuss if they >are going to hire two, three or a dozen chess genuses and 100 talented >developpers: to stablish the exact recipe is not the discussion here. The point >is to accept that if they want they will get the best recipe without limits IF >that recipe is with a great effort. >Finally, Don, the fact that in facts a proyect even in the greatest organization >at end tends to be the result of the idea of one or two guys has nothing to do >with this issue: what is esential is that these two guys were putted toguether >to think about it and once they had that great idea all the resoruces of the >organization were at his service. Thta's is what just a bunch of is9olated guys >cannot do so well. >Fernando I guess that says it all from my point of view as well. Boy I wish I was this eloquent! KarinsDad :)
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