[indiana-discuss] scope

[Keith Bierman]

On Aug 7, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Shawn Walker wrote:

>
> Just curious...not to be offensive, but why is a Marketing VP making
> technical choices surrounding an OS?

Customer requirements are the purview of Marketing these days  
(product definition, etc.). Not an unusual division of labor in the  
Industry at Large.

How to meet the customer requirements is engineering.


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