The Fallacy with Crowd Driven Development - Why Feedback Isn't Good

Microsoft claims to be "listening" to its users by asking them to provide feedback. Sounds like a good idea, right?
They've already seen how interpreting telemetry can fail. So now they're asking Joe Public to use the "Feedback App" and let them know what's up.
Am I the only one who thinks the trouble with this is that what we'll get is an OS that's designed by untrained masses of people, who know about as much about designing operating systems as they know about designing rockets? What do poorly designed
rockets do?
I went to submit feedback about Internet Explorer not doing proper color management, and (per the App) not one person had mentioned color management. So therefore Microsoft - assuming they're counting up comments - doesn't perceive there to be any
demand for better color-management, and thus they will do nothing (even though IE gets the color wrong 100% of the time on most systems).
Of course it's easy to "just do what people want" and if you fail you can tell upper management, "But we did what the people asked for!" How convenient.
Let's not forget that the world requires higher tech from specialty companies than users could design themselves.
What's hard is innovating. Leading. Building a solid foundation. Getting it right.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my eBooks:
Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
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I'm sure MS hope they're doing that.
As do we all. Unfortunately, their track record doesn't breed a lot of confidence at this point.
If I've got it totally wrong, and you're (the reader of this thread) a person inside Microsoft working really hard to make an integrated OS that meets all the needs of Joe Public and then some, I'm sorry for pre-judging and BRAVO to you.
But you folks have to SHOW it soon in order to start to build back up the confidence of the people you expect to buy your software. It will take time to build trust again. Now is the time to do BETTER work, to deliver BETTER quality in order
to climb that slope. Windows Updates for a whole year that don't break things for masses of people - that sort of thing.
And speaking of quality, what's this silly talk of Windows 10 being a free upgrade? While I like to hold onto my money as much as anyone,
I don't want or need a free operating system. I want an expensive operating system that's worth every penny and then some! Remember 30 years ago when there were mainframes and minicomputers made for serious business? Who fills
those roles now? Microsoft needs to. If that means doing something completely different for business than for pleasure, so be it.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my eBooks:
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