> being willing to abandon that decision after exploring to see what was involved is a big deal
Yeah but spending several years and many millions of dollars isnt 'exploring'.
I'd say it's a solid fail for the management.
But we can agree to disagree on this. I see you strongly believe that losing tens of millions is good management.
For what it's worth there's many posts nowadays on blind about how the culture of LinkedIn has tanked and I'm assuming management probably believes they're doing a great job in that area too.
You're really big on putting words in my mouth on this.
> I see you strongly believe that losing tens of millions is good management.
Costs are relative to size. There are a lot of people involved, it's going to cost a lot of money. Microsoft's operating expenses are estimated to be just shy of $350 million per day. At that scale, 10s of millions is not as impactful.
Could it have been done better? Of course.
Could it have been much worse? Yep. Significantly.
Yeah but spending several years and many millions of dollars isnt 'exploring'.
I'd say it's a solid fail for the management.
But we can agree to disagree on this. I see you strongly believe that losing tens of millions is good management.
For what it's worth there's many posts nowadays on blind about how the culture of LinkedIn has tanked and I'm assuming management probably believes they're doing a great job in that area too.