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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: 1 Jan 2025 21:33:17 GMT
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On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 12:49:09 +0100, D wrote:

> I'm not surprised. It is fascinating how the company culture is created
> to turn out bad software. Makes one wonder if it would be possible to
> create a kind of anti-Microsoft company culture that would produce gems?

I have my doubts, at least in the long term. Success leads to growth which 
leads to calcification. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Excellence

That was very popular in the '80s. Consultants would give training 
sessions, one of which I had to sit through. Many of the companies thaey 
used as examples of excellent corporate culture are no more. Some, like 
Hewlett Packard, are classics in corporate devolution.

fwiw, the company I worked for at the times didn't find excellence either 
and is gone. Come to think of it every company I ever worked for directly 
or on contract is gone. Maybe I'm the kiss of death?