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From: Dave O. on 9 Dec 2009 06:11

"David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Dee Earley <dee.earley(a)icode.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>It depends how commercial your applications are.
>>It's very easy to look extremely dated for the sake of adding a manifest
>>and a few code changes.
>
> I live in a world where radio station automation runs on Windows 2000 and
> the
> interface looks like Windows 3.1. The company, RCS, makes a bundle on the
> extremely outdated looking software. They're the largest company doing
> radio
> automation. Here's their URL: http://www.rcsworks.com/en/
>
> I think the big bucks are in software the is clear and concise, doesn't
> confuse the user, and is stable. I'm not sure that bells and whistles
> matter
> that much in the long term.

For system control and enterprise software that is probably correct, but for
desktop and consumer software the "bells & whistles" really do count and
help to differentiate products in a crowded marketplace.

Repeat this mantra: "Tailor your product to the market"

Regards
Dave O.


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