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The different values of software features, 9 different examples

A few days ago I posted an entry about the different layers of value in a software feature. Today I ran into an excellent example of the differences between a system that focuses on what I called immediate value (Mac OS X) and another that clearly focuses on what I called expert value. Take a …

A few days ago I posted an entry about the different layers of value in a software feature. Today I ran into an excellent example of the differences between a system that focuses on what I called immediate value (Mac OS X) and another that clearly focuses on what I called expert value.

Take a look at the article, it is a very good description of the different approaches to the same features.

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