Using "AI" is no longer optional at Microsoft. Reminds me how when Meta had to force their engineers to use their "Metaverse" product.
If your product doesn't even gain traction internally, maybe it's just ... shit?
(Original title: ‘AI is no longer optional’ — Microsoft admits AI doesn’t help at work)
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/30/ai-is-no-longer-optional-microsoft-admits-ai-doesnt-help-at-work/
Mandatory dogfooding ONLY works if the development/QA/product teams listen, FIX THINGS, and also dogfood themselves.
I say this having seen the jumps betwen Solaris (outsider-only)2.0, 2.3, 2.4, (joined-Solaris-team-here) 2.6.
But at least even as an outsider I could answer, "What problem is $NEW_THING trying to solve?"
I do NOT see *any* hard-core GenAI proponents answering that question honestly. There *are* honest answers, but none that justify the hype some want to generate.
Solaris 2.x => OpenSolaris => Oracle Solaris (closed) and #illumos (Open) development learned about the Quality Death Spiral and wrote about it:
tante
Dan McDonald