----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 11:48 AM
Subject: RE: [Cooker] GET READY FOR A DISCUSSION - Pay less attention to adding
features and more to fixing problems
> > >
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> yeh, but you still have to get people to issue the patches /fixes and fix
> them. the problemw ith that is that everyone is scremign to get things
> fixed, and patches are floating around on the ML. giving too many people
> permissions to touch the patches is not good since it'll be really messy.
>
Then it's just an administrative issue.
> > With the current publicity about Win2k being shipped with LOTS of
> > bugs, shouldn't Mandrake get some good press for shipping with NONE?
> >
>
>
> what ?? isn't win2k a bug itself? :)
>
>
Fun to MS bash, but the reality is that MS is the competition and the poorer product
has been known to win and the other die out (VHS vs. Beta?).
Quality and reliability can go a long way towards making market inroads.
Hoyt
