Re:Good Software Takes 10 Years to Make (2008)
by karmakaze on Sunday August 29, 2021 @12:53PM
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Listing the points mentioned here to ponder:
Mistake number 1. The Get Big Fast syndrome.
Mistake number 2. the Overhype syndrome.
Mistake number 3. Believing in Internet Time.
Mistake number 4. Running out of upgrade revenues when your software is done.
Mistake number 5. The “We’ll Ship It When It’s Ready” syndrome.
Mistake number 6. Too-frequent upgrades (a.k.a. the Corel Syndrome).
Much of this list seems reflective (even for 2008) and I'm trying to see which points are relevant today. And it's mostly referring to a specific category of software: mainstream for mass consumption.
The sum of points doesn't support that it takes 10 years to make good software, but rather these pitfalls may slow you down. Did the Macintosh have good software? How about Windows 3.0? Of course, these were derivative. VisiCalc? Maybe too early to be representative. NeXTSTEP, iPhone, Google Chrome, YouTube (even before Google bought it)?
If we're talking about VC-funded software, then that certainly has a list of problems akin to this one. It would be great if VC's were like well-informed penny-stock investors investing in many companies giving the most chances rather only taking big swings. Is there an investment pool like this, that knows what they're doing, or at least earnest tries to do this?
The sum of points doesn't support that it takes 10 years to make good software, but rather these pitfalls may slow you down. Did the Macintosh have good software? How about Windows 3.0? Of course, these were derivative. VisiCalc? Maybe too early to be representative. NeXTSTEP, iPhone, Google Chrome, YouTube (even before Google bought it)?
If we're talking about VC-funded software, then that certainly has a list of problems akin to this one. It would be great if VC's were like well-informed penny-stock investors investing in many companies giving the most chances rather only taking big swings. Is there an investment pool like this, that knows what they're doing, or at least earnest tries to do this?