Quote Originally Posted by JWellbelove View Post
I will have to respectfully disagree very strongly with viewpoints such as those.
Products should evolve to the needs of current, new and potential customers. Any company that ignores that risks slowly disappearing into obscurity.
I've learnt this as a software developer of 40 years.

I'm reminded of an old joke.

"I'll tell you, like I've told hundreds of other people; There's no demand for that!"
totally agree with the evolve bit - but one thing everyone has to learn sooner or later is that their own point of view is only one drum beat in a very large marching band - evolution has a nasty habit of not being unidimensional, it can branch out in many different ways.. that's rather the point is it not ?

and remarks like 'letting them off the hook' are not going to endear them to you

they are a commercial entity - no doubt as a software developer of 40 years you will uderstand exactly what that means