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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear
Date: 2 Nov 2024 17:07:26 -0000
Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
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Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>The tendency is to add froth, not strengthen the product, over time.
>Probably because they just don't have any way of doing so safely. All
>they can test is the froth.

Bill Gates himself says "People don't buy new products for bug fixes.
People buy new products for new features."

I am sorry to say that this attitude is not limited to Microsoft any
longer.  It's not even limited to the computer industry.
--scott

-- 
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."