Overunderdoing: patterns in Microsoft's interoperability stance
May 22, 2009, 19:02 (1 Talkback[s])
[ Thanks to ghomem for this link.
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"Well, if we're talking about interoperability it has
been done. Or tried. We could call it overunderdoing. Here's the
algorithm:
- pick one interoperability concern
- solve it up to 85% (percentage may vary)
- wisely choose the 15% to leave out so interoperability can be
said to work but with constant annoyances
- make a loud announcement to the press
- profit: everyone will read the announcement but only a small
fraction of such readers will notice the missing bits; despite the
claimable advances over the previous situation it still won't be
practical to make any use of the announced interoperability"
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