On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, SI Reasoning wrote: > I have heard this argument before but don't buy it. I am not talking about waiting > years here... Just taking the time to release the product when it is ready instead > of forcing a deadline. Mandrake 8.2 was released despite a known serious issue with > smb with the kernel.
That bug was also picked up in final beta or the RC, which of course meant too little time to reliably fix. Plus, initial bug reports were very bad, and the bug difficult to reproduce. FYI, SuSE also shiped with the same bug, and maybe RH did too (can't reproduce, so I can't check for sure). > That was something that definately should have been fixed > before release. This is not to say you don't aim for a deadline, but even Microsoft > will fearlessly delay release, often for months. > If Mandrakesoft had $30 billion in cash in the bank, they would also have this luxury. We all can remember buggy releases from MS, even when they had approximately this luxury (show me one laptop running win98se that shuts down reliably all its life). Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
