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Re:Product-focused and sales-focused companies by abakker on Sunday April 18, 2021 @12:38PM (#26853952)
As a user of software, I have to add that it is nicer to have the features, and I don’t find myself worrying about what hacks went into making it. Most of the time.

I know there are exceptions, but, usually I’d rather a company be customer focused and deliver a product I want, rather than worry too much about the methodology they use to deliver it.

Re:Product-focused and sales-focused companies by anaerobicover on Sunday April 18, 2021 @01:27PM (#26854443)
Sure, there's absolutely no reason for customers to know or case, but that's beside the point. It's going to be the developer's job to modify or fix things in the future. You're happy with the footbridge they built, but when sales comes back and says "okay new customer, now we need to be able to drive fully loaded Humvees across" you aren't the one tearing out the wooden posts and pouring concrete.
Re:Product-focused and sales-focused companies by goalieca on Sunday April 18, 2021 @02:15PM (#26854886)
How much enterprise software have you used over the years that has terrible quality? Vision and execution matter a lot in user experience and doubly so for security.