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Posts tagged with 'Evaluation'

Product quality: belief or proof?

Posted Jan 25, 2010, by Colin Walls

There are two aspects of any product that give me great pleasure: good design and quality of manufacture. This applies to just about anything: a pair of shoes, a car, a house , a piece of software … Assessing both these parameters can be hard. A pair of shoes must look good, be comfortable to wear and last well; this takes time to evaluate. A car needs to be enjoyable to ride in, drive well and offer … Read More

Tags: C, RTOS, Development Tools, Networking, Evaluation

Seeing is believing

Posted Sep 4, 2009, by Colin Walls

I am a difficult customer. When I am buying something, I want see exactly what I am getting for my money. The words of the salesperson and the blurb on packages just does not convince me - I have been caught out too many times. Recently my daughter was after a charger for her iPod, as she was traveling without a computer and “needed” her iPod. What she wanted was a mains plug which has a USB socket … Read More

Tags: Shareware, Evaluation, Nucleus Kernel, Nucleus, RTOS, USB