----- Original Message -----
From: "Guillaume Cottenceau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] GET READY FOR A DISCUSSION - Pay less attention to adding
features and more to fixing problems
> "Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Pay less attention to adding features and more to fixing problems.
> >
> So we're in between the two problems: people complain about the bugs, and
> people complain about the lack of features. It's very hard to be good on
> both sides!
>
Just remember that Bill Gates said in an interveiw that the would never release an
upgrade to Windows that fixed every bug because non one would buy it. Does
MandrakeSoft want to continue in that tradition?
>
> Also, for bugs already cited and not been fixed, it often comes from the
> fact that either it seems a very minor bug and we're stuck to bigger
> problems, or, we don't know how to fix it.
>
Mandrake has been able to tap a huge talent of volunteers because they offer such a
good product. I suggest coordinating these "minor" bugfixes through MUO and/or having
a bugfix discussion forum.
With the current publicity about Win2k being shipped with LOTS of bugs, shouldn't
Mandrake get some good press for shipping with NONE?
The reality is that what gets fixed depends on what priority Mandrake puts on it and
how they want to be percieved in the community.
Hoyt
