Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Wed, 1 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 12:49:09 +0100, D wrote:
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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?

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I have my doubts, at least in the long term. Success leads to growth which
leads to calcification.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Excellence
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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.

I have this book somewhere. I think it was mostly common sense with added fluff. Didn't feel like a revelation to me. But I guess the book was the "agile" of its times. ;)

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?

Oh dear... Get thee behind me!! ;)
I have no idea really about the companies I worked for, except the common household global IT companies, which still exist in various forms.
I think the few startups I worked for were mostly acquired one way or another.