Re:RIM's reply to jammur's open letter
by kabdib on Sunday February 27, 2011 @12:22PM
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The use of the word "challenge" is classic.
A simple, "We've told the X team to get a clue and fix the multiple registration form stupidity by next Friday" would go farther than eight paragraphs of borderline marketing bilge.
Of course, these are not the /actual/ problems at RIM. The real problems are the mindset and processes that allowed this type of stuff to happen in the first place. They have a long row to hoe to get their house in order, since it's probably fractally bad in there.
I should add: I was in a developer tools org once (at a certain large hardware company) that had nearly exactly the same problems: Expensive tools, confusing processes, and probably worse support than RIM has. Over years of trying, the underlying troubles were never fixed (but a lot of manager careers were lofted on internal promises and new "team initiatives").
A simple, "We've told the X team to get a clue and fix the multiple registration form stupidity by next Friday" would go farther than eight paragraphs of borderline marketing bilge.
Of course, these are not the /actual/ problems at RIM. The real problems are the mindset and processes that allowed this type of stuff to happen in the first place. They have a long row to hoe to get their house in order, since it's probably fractally bad in there.
I should add: I was in a developer tools org once (at a certain large hardware company) that had nearly exactly the same problems: Expensive tools, confusing processes, and probably worse support than RIM has. Over years of trying, the underlying troubles were never fixed (but a lot of manager careers were lofted on internal promises and new "team initiatives").