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And yet, none of them matter at all.
I have yet to see ANY application I felt was "finished". Each of them had quirks, or lacked a needed feature, or in someway simply didn't produce the results I was after.

No, I don't believe any of the reasons you suggest really matter. The fact is technology moves so quickly in IT that the day you begin a project it is already fighting to remain a contender.

Sure, everyone would love to take all the time required, never allow anything untested out, remove every bug, customize the whirly gigs for those that seem to want them, etc.. However the reality is, there are cost constraints and dead lines.

The level of quality in software is a direct result of the actions (or inactions) of the consuming public. "New" beats old and stodgy everytime...
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Man, so true, I have heard them all.  DonnieBoy | 09/02/04
And yet, none of them matter at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
Yes, other applications are hard to use and buggy, so no problem.  DonnieBoy | 09/02/04
The word is  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
Yes, you never have time to do it right, but you have time to do it again.  DonnieBoy | 09/03/04
Becuase...  michael@... | 09/03/04
Yes, the problem determining what is needed.  DonnieBoy | 09/04/04
i dunno about your customers...  ryusen | 09/02/04
Simply not true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
What? You don't wanna bet?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
what... want to actually give me tiem to READ your message first...  ryusen | 09/03/04
One of the things he did NOT talk is design by committee.  DonnieBoy | 09/03/04
Politic management  seosamh_z | 09/04/04
try to make some sense here....  ryusen | 09/03/04
Perhaps his customers  balsover | 09/03/04
perhaps they are, but...  ryusen | 09/03/04
Good to see you finally agree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/06/04
No need to accept this  jorwell | 09/03/04
Of course they all do . . .  markdoiron | 09/03/04
Thank you for agreeing...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/03/04
last time I checked  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
Sorry, you are wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/06/04
i never said perfect, check out what Andy Tannenbaum wrote(who's childish!)  hipparchus2000 | 09/07/04
impassioned human-ness  hipparchus2000 | 09/07/04
Sorry, I don't buy into it.  balsover | 09/03/04
Depends on your definition of "Finished"  JohnGoz | 09/03/04
Spot On!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/06/04
I agree with Ax  Roger Ramjet | 09/07/04
Seven deadly excuses for poor design  Loverock Davidson | 09/02/04
Seven Deadly Excuses for Good Design  Erik1234 | 09/02/04
in summary  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
You Forgot Deadly Excuse #8  itanalyst | 09/02/04
As a Microsoft MVP, why...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
MS MVP? I Think Not Mr. Clueless  itanalyst | 09/02/04
Really, you share an IP address then?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
Be careful how you answer that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/02/04
how do you know his IP address are you Okhrana or something  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
maybe he is a zdadmin  V Sanders | 09/04/04
No Ax is a M$ troll!  sa_z | 09/08/04
just because someone like windows  V Sanders | 09/04/04
You typically need to support MS on at least the client end.  DonnieBoy | 09/03/04
Forget excuses. Hire great developers.  solprovider | 09/02/04
Good post.  Anton Philidor | 09/02/04
Wizards. Some criticism of browsers.  solprovider | 09/02/04
Knowing the user  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
Installers. Menus.  solprovider | 09/03/04
Apassionata, Jando, next...  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
More Installers, Menus.  solprovider | 09/04/04
Perception  SC-man | 09/03/04
Agreed.  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
Menu locations on MSIE and wizards  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
Reading the users' minds  Anton Philidor | 09/02/04
Lack of Planning  ntale@... | 09/03/04
Did anybody at ZDNet read this article?  solprovider | 09/03/04
what??  ryusen | 09/03/04
They have a model.  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
Agreed: ZDNet does not like Feedbackers.  solprovider | 09/03/04
Why "No further replies to this post will be accepted."?  solprovider | 09/04/04
is this describing XP developers?  V Sanders | 09/04/04
Maybe  seosamh_z | 09/04/04
ZDNET, READ THIS STORY, AND THEN LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS  Valis Keogh | 09/04/04
Shh Don't wake them up they might be listening.  kohuratahi | 09/04/04
Talk Back  fletcherMcK | 09/06/04
Misunderstanding of "Requirements"  rcauvin | 09/04/04
Newton / Palm BAD analogy  Roger Ramjet | 09/07/04
Do you know anything at all about business?  tamuhockey | 09/07/04
The problem with Harvey Bingham is that he's not your typical senior citize  walter.bender | 09/29/04

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