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I guess what he's saying, is that sometimes it's better to make something that's good enough quickly than it is to make something that's great slowly.
Also, lots of companies got big with software that's ultimately crap and unmaintainable.
After they've made millions or even billions with this crap software they start working on version 2 and tell all their customers to migrate, which makes them another couple of millions (or billions).
Exact comes to mind, a Dutch company that offers accounting, ERP and other software for small to medium enterprises.
I talked to a developer and he told me they can release one update a year because that's the time it takes to test everything and fix bugs that are guaranteed to happen when something's changed.
Meanwhile, their revenue in 2018 was €209 million
They're now building a cloud version, which is supposedly better, and customers have to migrate which nets them new revenue from sales and consulting.
So basically, I agree with that guy, it's not how you build it, but how you sell it.
Customers can't see the code and even if they could, they couldn't tell good code from bad code.
Create vendor lock-in, hold your customers hostage until they get Stockholm Syndrome and then cash out again with v2.0.
Is it ethical? No. Is it profitable? Hell yes.
And the best part, are customers satisfied? They often are, despite it all.
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I agree with you Marc.
My experience has been that ugly code produces ugly results, which are defined as incorrect output or not meeting the application's purpose in some way. Beautiful code doesn't guarantee correct results, but at least it's possible.
Software Zen: delete this;
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In this blog post, I will show you how you can set up, configure and customize Windows Sandbox in Windows 10 using advanced Windows Sandbox config files. Windows Sandbox is based on Hyper-V technology and allows you to spin up an isolated, temporary desktop environment where you can run untrusted software. Maybe build a nice castle, and of course you need some Tonka trucks
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It’s the first time the default Microsoft Office font has changed for nearly 15 years Is it too late to put in a vote for Papyrus?
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or Wingdings...
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Kent Sharkey wrote: It’s the first time the default Microsoft Office font has changed for nearly 15 years
Times New Roman, because corporate policies are even more glacial than the Office team.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Who cares?
If it's for my personal documents, I've reset the "Normal" template to do what I want. At work, some drone has provided a set of templates that we are supposed to use, so all "official" documents have the same look and feel.
Problem solved.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Nobody mention this on Reddit, or we'll end up with Comic Sans. Or Fonty McTypeface.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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In a strange turn of events, Ubuntu developers are asking users not to upgrade their Ubuntu 20.10 installations to the recently-released Ubuntu 21.04 due to a strange bug. They really are trying for that Windows experience aren't they?
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Holographic tech in the corporate sector is rapidly advancing, but will today’s hybrid workplace see widespread adoption? Because you're our only hope
Although it was the hologram saying that, but I hope you can forgive me.
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Case began two years ago and is one of several involving the iPhone maker. Turnabout is fair play?
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So clever that more than half are using their own gear for work, says Gartner "I think the people in this country have had enough of experts."
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Joint advisory urges organisations to stay alert when it comes to attacks by Russian's Foreign Intelligence Service - aka APT 29. "One ping only, please."
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Do they really let you drive from state to state? No papers?
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Uno Platform 3.7 expands our support for the newest WinUI, Project Reunion and Linux, all while continuing performance improvements for WebAssembly head. Because something something something {yeah, I can't think of anything to go here}
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In this final article of our C# 9 series, we’ll look at advanced features related to native interop and performance in C# 9. Read up before the inevitable wave of C# 10 articles start piling up
Function pointers. ugh. Well, I guess I can just ignore them, right?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Function pointers. ugh.
Might be useful when you have to do a lot of interop stuff, as shown in the article.
But why do I suspect that they will be used to write more C code in C#?
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Bernhard Hiller wrote: But why do I suspect that they will be used to write more C code in C#? That's what I'm afraid of as well.
TTFN - Kent
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Everyday we hear examples of creative learning – not just as an important aspect of personal and professional growth – but also as an avenue for social engagement, helping people feel more connected in a largely virtual work environment. Bonus points if you can filter the bafflegab and figure out what it does
But then I guess you might not need it then.
"creative learning" /sigh
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Quote: we’ve heard consistently from customers, industry analysts, and our own internal users how important learning is to them.
Somewhere someone seems to have forgotten that while learning is important, choosing what to learn is even more important.
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A former IT pro turned end user explains why blending your work and personal tech was, is and always will be a bad idea for you and your employer. "You're killing me, I'm killing you, and I'm guilty too"
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Google Argentina's domain name was bought by a web designer while the site was out of action for two hours in the country last Wednesday. He should have put some advertisements on it
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I am reminded of when microsoft.co.uk was dropped by Microsoft UK a good many years ago now. Someone registered it and tried to tell Microsoft UK about it but no one in the UK operation would pay him any attention. It was only when he contacted Microsoft in Redmond that action was taken.
** edit **
This article, Microsoft forgets to renew hotmail.co.uk domain • The Register[^], seems to suggest that it was hotmail.co.uk that they mislaid. My memory might just be faulty about it being microsoft.co.uk but it could have been both at different times.
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A new publication in Nature Materials has successfully tweaked low cost semiconducting materials, quite similar to the composition of plastic, into conducting electricity more efficiently than before. So we can get stuff to power the recycling bin?
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Microsoft today announced that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the enterprise version of its Windows 10 Defender antivirus, now comes with support for blocking cryptojacking malware using Intel's silicon-based Threat Detection Technology (TDT). Hardware-accelerated malware detection!
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