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Re:The day Bill Gates called me rude — and other lessons in ... by fellars on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @12:42AM (#3697071)
What's more interesting to me is how decisions are made

No reference to actual A/B tests as to what users actually prefer.

Great to know the most widely used software with probably the biggest development budget comes down to the personal preferencs of the boss.

So, no different than most other companies :)

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Re:The day Bill Gates called me rude — and other lessons in ... by kenjackson on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @01:01AM (#3697113)
Great to know the most widely used software with probably the biggest development budget comes down to the personal preferencs of the boss.

Bill's influence on MS software was dwarfed by Jobs's influence on Apple's HW/SW.

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