Author: Don Dailey
Date: 11:48:44 01/13/99
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On January 13, 1999 at 13:59:37, KarinsDad wrote: >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 :) Ok Fernando, This makes sense to me and is in fact a good summary of all our points taken together. - Don
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