From: /m 

> certain changes can have a huge ripple effect

Especially when something as bloated as Windows is purposefully engineered
with separate products "integrated" into it solely for the
purpose of bypassing anti-trust laws.....


 /m




On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:31:05 -0400, "John Beamish"
 wrote:

>Well, it's a mature organization so that's not unexpected.  In so many
>organizations, the people in the trenches (and this includes MS) really,
>really want to do great things for the company that employs them.  But
>when you have an organization that needs to co-ordinate so much work
>because certain changes can have a huge ripple effect it's not surprising
>that bureaucracy becomes so stultifying.
>
>It's one thing to bring out the next great product; it's something
>entirely different to bring out the managed release of the next great
>stable of products.
>
>
>On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:57:30 -0400, Rich Gauszka 
>wrote:
>
>> With Microsoft everything I've seen published recently speaks of employee
>> frustration due to a swelling bureaucracy.  IQ vs. entrenched
>> bureaucracy -
>> bureaucracy wins every time
>>

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