Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 12:27:08 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <1814c96a2531ed89$71164$2566989$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <441smjp44l5o2ja4c1vlsv32oh2j6m9n4j@4ax.com> <4f7tmjplbte7cnuh2pqrh1fufs4iatv3fd@4ax.com> <67707879@news.ausics.net> <366b4ad1-4849-d7a9-cade-67d1eba035c3@example.net> <35a09fa5-08b1-8121-51c7-28d3aac1cd0f@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1639026"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63564 comp.os.linux.advocacy:682242 On Thu, 2 Jan 2025, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-01-01, rbowman wrote: > >> On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 12:49:09 +0100, D wrote: >> >>> I'm not surprised. It is fascinating how the company culture is created >>> to turn out bad software. Makes one wonder if it would be possible to >>> create a kind of anti-Microsoft company culture that would produce gems? >> >> I have my doubts, at least in the long term. Success leads to growth which >> leads to calcification. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Excellence >> >> That was very popular in the '80s. Consultants would give training >> sessions, one of which I had to sit through. Many of the companies thaey >> used as examples of excellent corporate culture are no more. Some, like >> Hewlett Packard, are classics in corporate devolution. >> >> fwiw, the company I worked for at the times didn't find excellence either >> and is gone. Come to think of it every company I ever worked for directly >> or on contract is gone. Maybe I'm the kiss of death? > > I doubt it. The word "excellence" tripped my bullshit detectors the first > time I heard it, and I've seen nothing since to make me change my mind. > It's been turned into just another management buzzword. This is the truth! At a consulting gig I had, the company hired some poison who was ex-Accenture, and he went all bananas with "agile". The company lost about 35% of its super stars within 1 year, and its profits stagnated for at least 2 years.