Karmą dla psów albo z angielskiego dogfood nazywa się nowe produkty, które są testowane przez pracowników firmy, która te produkty stworzyła a nie przez wyznaczonych ku temu testerów.
Wikipedia: The term is a variation of the marketing slang term “…but will the dog eat the dog food?” which is a shorthand way of saying that the product may look good and have many positive qualities, but the most fundamental point is whether the consumer actually likes it. The slogan refers to the early days of television, when programming and commercials were live, and things did not always go as planned, particularly if one of the actors was a dog. Dog food commercials frequently ended with a dog actually not eating the product. Thus, no matter how good the food looks on camera, or how good its story sounds, the commercial is not a success until the dog actually eats the dog food.
W MS jest/było tak w przypadku Visty, Longhorn Server (teraz Windows Server 2008), Office 2007 i wielu innych. A teraz sprawdzam polską korektę dla najnowszej wersji Office.
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