Re:Environment Variables and Path in Windows 10
by Joeri on Monday October 26, 2015 @01:45AM
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Windows 8 puts up a strong argument that at least some of the time features just get railroaded without all of that stuff. Anyway, i doubt google is as careful with android. If MS wants to reclaim the mobile space, which they had but lost due to being too slow, they need to move a lot faster, even if it sometimes breaks things. At the old rate of change, they'll end up losing the desktop to google as well.
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Re:Environment Variables and Path in Windows 10
by randomfool on Monday October 26, 2015 @02:36AM
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Incorrect- Windows 8 had just as much dev/test/pm overhead for the features- Sinofsky was all about process (and triads).
Windows 8 was the result of feature prioritization based on incorrect/skewed customer intelligence. Management knew what they wanted and skewed the market research to validate their position. Dev/test/pm then set to work validating and polishing the wrong features.
My guess what has changed is with the death of the SDET role that Windows feature planning is no longer test-constrained (for better or worse) and thus can greenlight features such as this.
But before you say 'I can get that done in 2 days'- take into account automated testing, localization, accessibility testing, security review, documentation, etc.