[ID Discuss] Convention versus innovation

[ji kim]

hi,
 
yes, I have also heard  - "But Microsoft doesn't do it that way?" - from both product managers and even other designers. 
 
I try to answer this from business point of view. 
For most of us working for commerical software companies, our employers are lot smaller than microsoft in size and money. Microsoft is known for releasing softwares with lots of usability problems and bugs (well in the beginning), but they fix the problems during their later releases,which can take years. They have the money and influence to do this - most companies don't. If we took this approach, we'll quickly be out of business. So whoever tells you about "doing it the microsoft way" don't really know about software business world.
 
ji






 
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