From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Fri Nov 15 2002 - 14:44:12 MST
2002-11-15 10:14:10, "Dickey, Michael F" <michael_f_dickey@groton.pfizer.com> wrote:
>If a man produces something that saves an hour of productive time for 1
>billion people every day, how much is that worth? And who decides its
>worth? Its up between each individual who had an hour saved to decide for
>themselves, or for a centralized state authority to decide, its one or the
>other.
OK, ergo...contrariwise and counterpoint, I submit (sorry for the long URL and consequent wrap):
http://useit.mondosearch.com/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=11198232&EXTRA_ARG=&host_id=2&page_id=99
&query=windows+lost+productivity&hiword=WINDOWS+LOST+PRODUCTIVITY+PRODUCTIVE+WINDOWING+WINDOW+WINDOWBASED
+PRODUCTIVITYBASED+
<<
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, October 28, 2001:
Poor Code Quality Contaminates Users' Conceptual Models
Summary:
Software bugs and system crashes result in huge productivity losses and undermine users' ability to form
good models of how computers work. Website designers can help improve user confidence by prioritizing
quality and robustness over features and the latest technology.
The poor quality of Microsoft Windows costs the world economy $170 billion per year in lost productivity
due to crashes. This is four times Bill Gates' net worth, so we are not talking pocket change, even for
him, if he were forced to cover the cost of his deeds.
>>
Assume Nielsen is wrong by a factor of four. Then it's breakeven, right?
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