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		spolsky on March 12, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Good Software Takes Ten Years. Get Used To it. ok, let's hear your explanation then. Notes was pretty advanced for its day and big companies bought it because it actually did what it was supposed to do.

ekanes on March 12, 2008 [–]

I think the issue is you're mixing the fact that the company/software was commercially successful with whether or not it was great software.

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