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Software Quality...Because the BUYER deserves it. (none / 0) (#5)
by Anonymous User on Tue Mar 21, 2006 at 10:52:28 AM PDT

It is amazing at the number of excuses given for deteriorating software quality: Software is more complex The Operating System Blah Blah Blah The fact of the matter is, people do not have a decent understanding of the IMPACT selecting a piece of software will have, more specifically, they don't understand HOW LONG THE SOFTWARE will impact them. For example, everyone who purchased WINDOWS 3.1 set the standard for the crummy operating systems to follow. Why would anyone build a decent operating system or application when it is evident people will spend hundreds of dollars for something that doesn't work the way it should. This is not to pick on Microsoft. This can be said for most ACCOUNTING packages, and probably most MRP packages. What is interesting, is I don't think this can be said for TECHNICAL software, such as CAD. The market rules...if people are willing to spend HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS for crummy software that doesn't work, why spend the money to write good software.


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