A Thousand Things 1% Better

re: A Thousand Things 1% Better

Don Jones — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:53:55 GMT

Frankly, the fact that you're able to deal with this level of detail at this point speaks well of the initial job you did. You're not fighting Godzilla-sized bugs, which is the general expectation for v1 products. I mean, these are *really* evolutionary little details that many folks wouldn't have missed for years. Kudos.

re: A Thousand Things 1% Better

Keith Hill — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:18:18 GMT

Ya know, those little "fit and finish" details go a *long* way. It's one reason I think the American auto industry got smoked by the Japanese auto makers. Toyota, Honda, et al had a much better eye for the little details. One could draw a similar analogy between Microsoft and another fruity software company but I won't go there. :-)

re: A Thousand Things 1% Better

Devang Mehta — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:31:03 GMT

First, let me congragulate the powershell team for the fine job they have done with version one. "posh" is a force multiplier; we moved from Linux/Apache to Windows/IIS BECAUSE we found posh to be a superior scripting environment.

Since you are on the topic of small improvements, I am wondering if anyone has thought of implementing the sh/csh style history substitution using bangs. I don't know if a bang already means something in powershell language, but if you can do it (or something similar), that will be a serious force multiplier.

re: A Thousand Things 1% Better

Chris Harris — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:10:00 GMT

This is why I love the PowerShell team! All the little things really do matter and you guys get it. Fit and finish is king and I couldn't agree more with Keith's comment.

Another thing you guys do well is focusing on the end-to-end scenario. You seem to follow this principle well: "Solve 100% of the problem for 80% of our customers. Don't solve 80% of the problem for 100% of our customers." -Myerson