Comments on: Why New Features Don’t Matter

By: Brandon Harper

Brandon Harper — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:46:29 +0000

Yeah, I forgot to mention the maintenance headache of all of those new useless features, and how irate people get if they break during a sales presentation because no one else uses them and aren’t fully bug-free..

I was just using “Cola” to be brand neutral for whatever reason. I think most Colorado natives (myself excluded) call it pop. I think I’ve worked/been around too many people from the East Coast since I call it soda as well.

By: Sean LeBlanc

Sean LeBlanc — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:56:20 +0000

You have to agree it’d make a great software company slogan, though:

ShinyObject Software: We put the spinning wheels, whale fins, fake hood scoops, and racing stripes in software!!!

By: Pete Freitag

Pete Freitag — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:01:18 +0000

I like your analogy Brandon, but the difference with software is that the unused featuers are often not removed from the product. Where the cola (er soda where I come from) companies can just pull the product.

By: Simplessity

Simplessity — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:56:01 +0000

Why New Features Don’t Matter

By: Mike Rankin

Mike Rankin — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:46:45 +0000

Oh God, somebody please make Cactus Mint Cola.

By: MixMasterMatt

MixMasterMatt — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:35:10 +0000

As a sales guy, I’d rather have stability and core functionality, because that’s what keeps customers. I currently work in an atmosphere where cute things seem to dominate the desires of sales management, while newbie sales guys are left with a product that doesn’t serve the customer needs. Additionally, the sales managers have the managers of 300+ call centers in their minds, not the two user mom & pop that make up the great majority of our customer base…those folks that are owners AND users…and they just want shit to work. Why put lipstick on a pig?