Comments on: The Perils of Over Engineering http://www.productbeautiful.com/2006/11/17/the-perils-of-over-engineering/ Building Product Management from the Ground Up by Paul Young Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JoseAngel de Monterrey http://www.productbeautiful.com/2006/11/17/the-perils-of-over-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 JoseAngel de Monterrey Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:37:29 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2006/11/17/the-perils-of-over-engineering/#comment-1831 This is probably a bit late but I just found your article and I thought it worth leaving a comment because I really liked it. It is indeed a great article abour over engineering. After many years of driving american cars I got myself a Mini Cooper. It is a great car, I like it and I enjoy it much, and as you probably know that the new mini cooper is actually german designed, even though it is still assembled in England, anyways, in my opinion there's overengineering all around the little car. Many things break apart easily after a little usage and through no abuse of the driver. I have a neighbor who also drives a BMW, he has a problem replacing the windshield wipers, the BMW people developed their own design, while nearly 99% of the cars in the market use a standard windshield wiper that can be replaced with less than 15 dls, my neighbor had to spend more than 5o dls for the original ones. I don't think a consumer would appreciate that kind of engineering that leaves you broke. This is probably a bit late but I just found your article and I thought it worth leaving a comment because I really liked it.
It is indeed a great article abour over engineering. After many years of driving american cars I got myself a Mini Cooper. It is a great car, I like it and I enjoy it much, and as you probably know that the new mini cooper is actually german designed, even though it is still assembled in England, anyways, in my opinion there’s overengineering all around the little car. Many things break apart easily after a little usage and through no abuse of the driver. I have a neighbor who also drives a BMW, he has a problem replacing the windshield wipers, the BMW people developed their own design, while nearly 99% of the cars in the market use a standard windshield wiper that can be replaced with less than 15 dls, my neighbor had to spend more than 5o dls for the original ones. I don’t think a consumer would appreciate that kind of engineering that leaves you broke.

]]> By: Dristen Darcy http://www.productbeautiful.com/2006/11/17/the-perils-of-over-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-1398 Dristen Darcy Mon, 05 May 2008 17:32:53 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2006/11/17/the-perils-of-over-engineering/#comment-1398 Corrections to above, That was of course supposed to read Eastern not Easter front. Moderator please combine with first. But the Ratio of Tiger to Mustang was 0:4 and the ratio would have been higher if the Tigers had been more prevalent. One additional problem with the Tiger is that it turned out to be too heavy many of which got bogged down in the mud if it did not run out of gas first. Corrections to above, That was of course supposed to read Eastern not Easter front. Moderator please combine with first.

But the Ratio of Tiger to Mustang was 0:4 and the ratio would have been higher if the Tigers had been more prevalent.

One additional problem with the Tiger is that it turned out to be too heavy many of which got bogged down in the mud if it did not run out of gas first.

]]> By: Dristen Darcy http://www.productbeautiful.com/2006/11/17/the-perils-of-over-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-1397 Dristen Darcy Mon, 05 May 2008 17:23:18 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2006/11/17/the-perils-of-over-engineering/#comment-1397 You have to remember that there were people in those tanks. By the battle of the Bulge the German tanks were “manned” by 15 and 16 year old kids and the commanders were 17-19 old “veterans from the Easter front”. From February to September 1944, heavy battles were fought in the narrow, 50 km-wide, Narva front in the northeastern part of Estonia. Over 100,000 men were killed and 300,000 men were wounded there. During battles in the summer of 1944 over 700,000 men were lost. The Germans could ill afford to lose even 1 man to 4 and even at a ratio of 10:1 were losing the war. The Soviet-built T34/76A tank was superior to the Panzers thus the Tiger and King Tigers. It is pretty sad that Germans had more consideration for the lives of their men than the American Brass. One Tiger was taking out an average of 8 Sherman’s but the ration of Tiger The German tanks did not defeat the Tigers or the Panzers in the Battle for France after D Day During the Battle of t the Mustangs did. During the Battle of the Bulge the German Tanks literally ran out of Gas.

The Japanese lost the air war because they ran out of pilots, and by the end of the war the Zero was technically inferior and a death trap as the fuel tanks were not self sealing.

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