24 Jul
2001
24 Jul
'01
4:01 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 11:03:59AM -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 measl@mfn.org wrote: Adobe's fine on the consumption side -- it's customers, as you say, are fat and happy. But on the production side, Adobe can't take very many really serious hits. At best, it only ever had about five truly brilliant coders at any one time, and in this industry there is just no making up for losing one. If it turns out to be true, their productivity is damaged for years to come.
One could suggest that a company doesn't need a stellar product to thrive in the software market place. For example there is Microsoft.