Startup Quote from Joel Spolsky, Co-founder, Stack Exchange

[raychancc]

http://startupquote.com/post/13479088518

[raychancc]

Nothing works better than just improving your product.

- Joel Spolsky (@spolsky)

http://startupquote.com/post/13479088518

[paulrosenzweig]

I wish that were true. Microsoft disproves it a few times over.

[yequalsx → paulrosenzweig]

The quote doesn't imply that improving your product is the only thing that works. The quote is that nothing works better than this.

Besides, I think it's fair to say that Microsoft generally improves its products with each iteration. The only possible counterexample to this that I can think of off the top of my head is the XP -> Vista transition.