Le 2014-02-01 12:42, clipka a écrit :
> Am 01.02.2014 10:34, schrieb Orchid Win7 v1:
>>>>> Whoever asked you the question has got a bright future in Senior
>>>>> Management.
>>>>
>>>> I'd rather guess they already have a bright /history/ in Senior
>>>> Management...
>>>
>>> Well, some sort of history. ;)
>>
>> Yes, this is a question direct from our MD, so...
>>
>> We quite often asks us what features we *don't* have. There's a logic
>> there - whatever feature we don't have, that's probably what we want to
>> go implement next. Except... this set is extremely poorly defined!
>
> Sounds more like the sales department is poorly "defined". Shouldn't
> they keep an eye open to what customers are asking for, and what the
> competitors are offering?
>
Yes, but they're not technical enough to understand that mumbo jumbo, so 
they're asking the techies, in this case, Andy and his team.

It reminds me of a dilbert Cartoon where the Pointy-Haired-Boss asked 
Wally and Dilbert what was the model number of their competitor's 
product, and they replied "the 6000."  So, of course, the PHB asked them 
to design a 7000.

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