Why?

[Draconis Imperium]

Why does everyone want to except software that is buggy and/or requires more time of me than to just do it by hand? I am not slamming any particular software or program but I just want to know why people except it. As a Senior Buyer for a large Corp. If I purchase softwae that work like some of the ones out there I would be fired. I know this has been beaten like dead horse but I want to everyone opinion.(Please no Flames, Intelligent responses only)

 

[Cergorach]

As Senior Buyer i would expect that you would know how to write accept ;-p

We both know that the quality of software your talking about often isn't free or $30. And if it is, you still need qualified personel that uses it and upgrades/supports it. And we both know that such personel isn't cheap...

We buy/use it because there isn't anything else to use and because it has potential and we are willing to infest in it...

 

[Breakdaddy]

Since we are correcting people today, such personnel AREN'T cheap.

On topic, we accept the software because it makes our lives easier than using the tried and true pen and paper method. If it's a bit buggy, we live with it until its fixed. If we don't like it, then we can stick with the other methods available until the anticipated paragon of all RPG software comes to fruition (a wait that I'm afraid will lead to much consternation)!

 

[Cergorach]

Hey! I'm not a native, i'm allowed to make grammar mistakes ;-)

 

[Balsamic Dragon]

Because ALL computer gaming software is ridiculously buggy and has design flaws. And the computer that you will run it on will invariably crash and burn for no apparent reason.

I learned this lesson the hard way, back when I assumed that, because I had paid money for a game, it should work correctly out of the box. I have NEVER had a game work correctly out of the box with no need to install a patch. Usually, not only is a patch required, but other technical support issues need to be resolved, and even after all of this, the game still has bugs, runs slowly and ocassionally crashes. It is, sadly, a fact of life.

This is why my approach is to, on the one hand, offer sacrifices to the computer spirits to appease them, and on the other hand, display prominently a piece of obselete hardware/software spiked to the wall, so that the computer fears what may happens to it should it cease to function!

Any form of sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from crap (with apologies to the authors of the original quotes)

Balsamic Dragon

 

[Breakdaddy]

gergorach: no worries mate
Im in Texas, USA now but I lived in Soesterberg, Netherlands for two years, miss it still

 

[Cergorach]

gergorach: no worries mate
Im in Texas, USA now but I lived in Soesterberg, Netherlands for two years, miss it still

*starts stomping breakdaddy's head*

It's Cergorach dammit *pout* ;-)

Soesterberg -> Airforcebase?

 

[smetzger]

Why does everyone want to except software that is buggy and/or requires more time of me than to just do it by hand? I am not slamming any particular software or program but I just want to know why people except it.

Because the largest and most profitable software company in the world, MS, has the philosophy that creating bug free software is impossible and they put an empahisis on ship dates. They have sold many software developers on this philosophy and users have largely come to except this philosophy.

I share Linus Trivolus' (sp?) philosophy. "A computer is a wonderful thing, it does exactly what you tell it to do, no more no less."
I believe it is possible to create bug free software. It isn't easy, but it is possible.

 

[Cergorach]

Re: Re: Why?

I believe it is possible to create bug free software. It isn't easy, but it is possible.

I agree with you on that, but how many resources would have to be spent to make the program 100% bug free? I can tell you a lot! Thus making the program extremely expensive (and probably has a very long development time), as a result it would be out of date and expensive -> no one wants to buy it...

 

[smetzger]

Re: Re: Re: Why?

I agree with you on that, but how many resources would have to be spent to make the program 100% bug free? I can tell you a lot! Thus making the program extremely expensive (and probably has a very long development time), as a result it would be out of date and expensive -> no one wants to buy it...

But if the company producing the program and the programmers writing the program do not start out with the intention of creating bug free software there is 0% chance that bug free software will be produced. I believe it is unethical to deliver software to a buyer that has known bugs in it. If you have entered into a contract with someone to write software for you and that person doesn't fulfil the terms of the contract then payment should be with held.