HotDog36 opened this issue on Jul 20, 2010 ยท 39 posts
bagginsbill posted Thu, 22 July 2010 at 6:49 PM
"everytime I am thinking about upgradiing they release an even newer version"
When you buy a car, are you upset that a new version comes out every year and you have to keep your car for 4 years?
Why is software any different? If Poser doesn't improve until you're ready to upgrade, then what should they do, go home for 2 years?
In my opinion, the time gap between Poser 7 and 8 was longer than I think is wise from a business standpoint. For the companies that put me in charge, I produce a new version of whatever it is I'm in charge of at least every six months. My current main client was doing one new product release every 3 years. Since I'm in charge, it is 3 releases every year, a 9-fold increase in productivity. Lest you think the improvements are smaller, that's not the case. They just didn't know how to move fast until I showed them.
They now make twice as much revenue as before I joined two years ago. Doubling revenue in two years is a big deal. Because of the new revenue, I have funding to double the size of the development team, which will double the rate at which I can produce new features, which will again double the revenue. This improved success allowed them to cut the price of the product in half, which makes the customers happier, and makes more of them. I'm working on making it half again. All of this is goodness and makes a healthy company with happy customers.
Unless you like to buy from struggling companies, rapid product evolution is a good thing. You don't have to stay current, but the company has to keep improving the product, or the market as a whole (all the other people choosing which product to buy while you sit on the sidelines) will go buy something else. If that goes on too much, then there are no more improvements of that product - it and the company disappear.
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