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Gates' Replacement says Microsoft Must Simplify

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the planning-the-future dept.

Javaman59 writes "This article in The Australian newspaper describes the background and the agenda of Ray Ozzie, Bill Gates' replacement as chief architect at Microsoft. The creator of Lotus Notes, he's a high-calibre technologist. From the article: 'Ray's a programmer's programmer .. He's much closer to an uber-engineer, whereas Bill hasn't been a programmer for a number of years.' Ozzie is also driving Microsoft to simplify its software: 'Complexity kills .. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges, and it causes end-user and administrator frustration.' He's not the only brilliant programmer in the world, but he does have Microsoft's resources behind him."

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  1. Re:Technologist! by strider44 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't get it. Technologist is a real, valid word: http://www.wordreference.com/definition/technologi st

  2. GE uses Exchange - 250K people (when I was there) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    When I worked for GE they used Exchange for 250K people. It was server-side unreliable (at least in our division) but it was a decent user experience.

    I have since been involved with a smaller Notes install - Just 12K seats. IT WAS A HORRIBLE PILE OF SHIT.

    IT was elated that they pulled off the config (of Notes/Domino), it was (server side) reliable, it ran on Linux, it fit thier needs.

    The users were left in the cold with the brutal Notes interface. Tales of its suckage are all true.

    I currently use Notes (at a MUCH smaller company) and am constantly amazed of how bad this software really is.