Actually, I am an engineer. The difference is that we're making different assumptions. For instance, you're assuming that because "he quit", he was an excellent engineer who was misunderstood by management. Personally, I don't know either way. However, I have seen a BOATLOAD of crappy engineers in my time who would much rather have "I quit" on their resume than "I was fired".
I have no doubt that the reason Motorola is folding is because of management. No matter how great or how crappy the UI was, Motorola would still be dying.
But, regarding the UI, we're talking about a UI for a freakin cellphone. This isn't some great new feat of engineering. It didn't have to be the next best thing after the iPhone. It didn't even have to be anything new. It just had to be not crap. If your engineering team can't take the crap out of such a simple product while trying to convince management about your wondrous new ideas, you probably should just hang up your hat.
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yoshi @ Mar 27th 2008 12:10AM
Actually, I am an engineer. The difference is that we're making different assumptions. For instance, you're assuming that because "he quit", he was an excellent engineer who was misunderstood by management. Personally, I don't know either way. However, I have seen a BOATLOAD of crappy engineers in my time who would much rather have "I quit" on their resume than "I was fired".
I have no doubt that the reason Motorola is folding is because of management. No matter how great or how crappy the UI was, Motorola would still be dying.
But, regarding the UI, we're talking about a UI for a freakin cellphone. This isn't some great new feat of engineering. It didn't have to be the next best thing after the iPhone. It didn't even have to be anything new. It just had to be not crap. If your engineering team can't take the crap out of such a simple product while trying to convince management about your wondrous new ideas, you probably should just hang up your hat.