> Microsoft shoehorns every little thing into their products
That's just how enterprise software works. It's not a Microsoft thing. It's an enterprise thing.
Consumer software often benefits from simplicity and elegance.
But for enterprise software, clients have hard requirements, so you provide the solutions they request.
There really isn't any choice to it. If you don't build it, they'll go with a competitor who will.
There truly isn't any other solution, unfortunately.
At best, you can spend more money trying to improve UX and interfaces. But when you have a set number of employees, and have to choose between improving the interface or building the features that will land another client, it's easy to see which choice gets made.
That's just how enterprise software works. It's not a Microsoft thing. It's an enterprise thing.
Consumer software often benefits from simplicity and elegance.
But for enterprise software, clients have hard requirements, so you provide the solutions they request.
There really isn't any choice to it. If you don't build it, they'll go with a competitor who will.
There truly isn't any other solution, unfortunately.
At best, you can spend more money trying to improve UX and interfaces. But when you have a set number of employees, and have to choose between improving the interface or building the features that will land another client, it's easy to see which choice gets made.