Things I Learned from ACCU 2010

[Walter Bright]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Heh. I've surprised a lot of laymen, after telling them I'm a programmer, by 
> my opinions that most programmers are incompetent and most software and 
> consumer electronics are terrible. Seems hugely ironic to those unfamiliar 
> with the field, but being around it and (at the risk of narcissism) knowing 
> what I'm going, I think puts me (along with many of the people on this 
> board) in a prime position to notice flaws and steps backwards.

I share your opinion that most software and consumer electronics is terrible. Of 
course, I've produced my share of terrible software, but I won't make any 
excuses for doing so.

For example, my TV set crashes every once in a while, and must be power cycled :-(

The old analog sets never did that!