/understand/ – what a tangled web we weave Archives
So, you know, I think I’m disappointed in Dave Winer. He is certainly entitled to his opinion, but he would have a more credible case if he didn’t twist words. His personal bias runs deep:
Since MS people so often require reassurance that they aren’t going to hell, I’ll also say (once a year, please) that most of them love their kids and their moms, and really want to make good software, and MS is about the only place you can do that now, and they have no control over what Gates, Ballmer and Allchin do, yada yada yada, but honestly it wears thin, they could read the damned transcripts too, but if I worked there I wouldn’t want to either, because I’d have to quit, because no one with a conscience could work for such a company.
This is a problem/question I have: I know the folks over at MSFT are smart, and I know they like their work and work hard at it. But do they see the big picture? Does it matter? Or is the next milestone all that counts?
There has to be some understanding about the products you’re making and their effects.