> You're implying that buggy software has no impact on the bottom line. I'm not so sure.
The problem is that very little competition exists for computer operating systems. Apple, Google, and Microsoft collectively control nearly all of the consumer OS market share on both desktop and mobile. Thus, macOS just needs to be "better than Windows", and iOS just needs to be "better than Android".
> Then I moved the company off Microsoft 365 because it turned out to be too buggy to be useful.
What did you move to?
In general, Microsoft 365 is extremely successful, despite any bugs. There doesn't appear to be any imminent danger of financial failure.
Software vendors also face tradeoffs, engineering hours spent on fixing bugs vs. writing new features. From a bean counter's perspective, they can often live with the bugs.
The problem is that very little competition exists for computer operating systems. Apple, Google, and Microsoft collectively control nearly all of the consumer OS market share on both desktop and mobile. Thus, macOS just needs to be "better than Windows", and iOS just needs to be "better than Android".
> Then I moved the company off Microsoft 365 because it turned out to be too buggy to be useful.
What did you move to?
In general, Microsoft 365 is extremely successful, despite any bugs. There doesn't appear to be any imminent danger of financial failure.
Software vendors also face tradeoffs, engineering hours spent on fixing bugs vs. writing new features. From a bean counter's perspective, they can often live with the bugs.