Sometimes I think that the movie Conspiracy Theory should have been about the software industry today. What has become of it lately? Here is what I believe:
· I believe the Anti-Virus companies write all the viruses.
· I believe most software is way over priced.
· I believe we now alpha test software for vendors
· I believe we beta test when service pack 1 comes out.
· I believe 1.0 is not the standard to avoid, RTM (release to manufacturing/gold code) is.
· I believe we get the final, ready for the world product when service pack 2 comes out.
· I believe most software has too many features for 98% of the users.
· I believe all the added features cause 100% of the problems with software today.
· I believe it is better to update software then to design it properly to begin with.
· I believe we, the paying consumer, don’t complain enough so things are only going to continue to get worse.
· I believe you pay 10 times the cost of software in support costs and lost productivity when it does not function properly out of the box.
· I believe the world has become too computer savvy because of buggy software.
· I believe a computer should be just another asset at the office place, taken for granted like a stapler or pencil.
· I believe that a computer isn’t taken for granted because broken things always get attention and notice.
· I believe release dates are based upon dates on PowerPoint slides, not when the product is anywhere near being ready or bug free.
glad to see i’m not the only one who thinks like this.