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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Has Apple's software quality declined?
Date: 23 Dec 2014 04:49:43 GMT
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On 2014-12-23, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2014.12.22 17:50 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2014-12-22, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2014.12.22 15:12 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2014-12-22, Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> Anthony Wing Kosner has a pretty good article at Forbes about problems
>>>>> with Apple's recent OS releases.
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2014/12/22/declining-apple-software-quality-imperils-future-growth-and-retention/>
>>>>
>>>> Where's the data to back up the assertion that quality is actually
>>>> declining as opposed to some blogger simply having selective / faulty
>>>> memory?
>>>
>>> Faulty memory?  Have you forgotten:
>>> 	8.0   WiFi issues.
>>> 	8.0.1 WiFi fix that made things much, much worse.
>>
>> You're conveniently ignoring all the other major snafus that have come
>> and gone in the past. Or have have you forgotten all the issues that
>> came before those? The faulty memory has to do with forgetting all the
>> other bugs that have been present in all the other software updates
>> going all the way back to Classic Mac OS. Have you gone back and
>> quantified all of those, or do you contend those never happened at all?
>
> As usual you find a convenient way to say it ain't so.  Whatever floats 
> your fleet.

Wrong. What I'm saying is the author of the article has not proven his
assertion that quality is declining. And neither have you.

> > Absent of that, what I hear is people saying they wish these issues
> > wouldn't happen at all, which is a pipe dream. Shit happens. No software
> > is without bugs, and *most* are avoidable with enough time and money.
> > That's just the way it is.
>
> Never said different.  OTHO, per the article, developers are seeing a 
> worsening of bugs (frequency, impact).

Which could very well be selective / short memory on the part of
developers. All any of you who say there is a decline have to do is show
some evidence of a trend and I'll be perfectly happy to capitulate.
Until then, you, and the author of the article, are blowing hot air.

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