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Re:Most iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intell... by shortrounddev2 on Monday December 16, 2024 @10:04AM (#42431626)
It's pretty common in large orgs, I think. Someone gets sold on or just excited about the features claimed by a particular product and becomes the czar for that thing. They want to make the transition to that product successful for their own career reasons. If people aren't using it, then the purchase was a bad move, so people start getting pressured to use the product regardless of how useful it is.

Year ago, my company switched from Skype for Business to MS Teams, and we just used Teams the same way we did Skype for Business (PMing each other directly) and the guy who made the transition was always lecturing us about having conversations in public threads instead.

Re:Most iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intell... by LordGrey on Monday December 16, 2024 @10:53AM (#42432154)
I'm in a large org where Copilot is pushed. What I've heard from upper management is that even a very small average productivity gain, multiplied by the number of developers we have, means that we have "saved" x number of man-hours per year. Man-hours can be translated into "number of employees", so if the Copilot license comes in under that employee salary total, it is a win.
Re:Most iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intell... by _heimdall on Monday December 16, 2024 @03:29PM (#42435070)
I get it more for communication tools. I'm surprised to hear Copilot being pushed as it really is just a DX tool. My product is my code, maybe Copilot helps me but the boss should only care about the work getting done.