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The reason LG software stinks

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Janko Roettgers at GigaOM writing about LG's failure to capitalize on webOS:

Sources told me that LG had a policy in place to reward managers with bonuses or even promotions if their features were part of the final product. The result was a constant feature bloat, as everyone tried to add on one more thing.

Bean Bird never stood a chance.

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