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Behind Every Great Product by Marty Cagan

Mind the Product

At that time Word was supporting three platforms – Windows, DOS, and Mac, and so a big goal with the release was to get a common code base. So Netflix came up with its rating and recommendation system so that people would rent a mix of films, and this, says Cagan, powered Netflix for the next seven years. Microsoft Word.

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Behind Every Great Product

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Their code base had diverged and it was extremely slow and costly for Microsoft to be implementing Word separately for each platform: Windows, DOS and Mac. However, the Mac community was also very vocal, with passionate fans of their platform, and is also important to note that this community had very little love for Microsoft.

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“It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times” – Every CEO Ever | Tim Barker, DataSift | BoS Europe 2018

Business of Software Conference

In this cathartic talk from Business of Software Europe 2018, Tim talks about some of the lessons learned he learned during some very, very tricky days for DataSift. Tim Barker (CEO, DataSift) – “It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times”: Every CEO Ever… from Business of Software Conference.