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Re:Good Software Takes Ten Years. Get Used To it. by ilamont on Wednesday March 12, 2008 @01:12PM (#135271)
Hear hear. The Notes adoption curve he points to can be explained by other factors -- marketing, bundling, competition (or lack of it), etc.
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Re:Good Software Takes Ten Years. Get Used To it. by spolsky on Wednesday March 12, 2008 @01:23PM (#135288)
ok, let's hear your explanation then. Notes was pretty advanced for its day and big companies bought it because it actually did what it was supposed to do.
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Re:Good Software Takes Ten Years. Get Used To it. by ekanes on Wednesday March 12, 2008 @03:33PM (#135409)
I think the issue is you're mixing the fact that the company/software was commercially successful with whether or not it was great software.
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