http://blogs.msdn.com/alanpa/archive/2008/06/09/quality-and-the-experience.aspxI'm beating a dead horse here (or at least beating an old post ), but I have a story to share about quality (product names removed to protect the guilty). Recently, I had an experience where a piece of software I was using notified me that it would stopen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/alanpa/archive/2008/06/09/quality-and-the-experience.aspx#8590266Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:16:37 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8590266Withheld for no reason<p>Why would one wish to withhold the name of a guilty product? &nbsp;</p> <p>Does that not keep the company from suffering the natural consequences of their choices?</p> <p>Unless poor quality and bad choices cost more than high quality and good choices, people, companies, (and lab rats) will almost always choose the former.</p> <p>Those to whom the post applies seldom recognize themselves, and the rest of us are robbed of the chance to use this information in our own purchasing choices.</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/alanpa/archive/2008/06/09/quality-and-the-experience.aspx#8590318Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:25:43 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8590318Alan<p>This is a fair comment and request. I chose not to mention the product name primarily because this blog is hosted on a MS site, and I didn't want anyone to mistake my experiences or comments as MS opinions. </p> <p>I'd also rather you use the information to understand some of the pieces that go into building a quality product rather than give you the name of a product to avoid.</p>