On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 09:18 -0800, Peter Jones wrote: > Clearly the release cycle has a number of facets..The speed of required > adoption for software products,phase of the development cycle, and the speed > of development afforded by internal development resources.In todays world > everyone wants now!They love trying things new as soon as they come from the > developers.The marketing question...how can you keep your community engaged, > motivated, and loyal? Continually produce innovation and change ? Frequent > cycles are good for business....
I disagree. Frequent release cycles are necessary for developers and interesting for hobbyists. In my experience (and yes, I _do_ have a grey beard), business prioritizes first and foremost stability and security. Bleeding edge features take a back seat, and indeed, there is typically some lag during "watch and wait" period prior to adoption because when there's serious money at stake managers don't want errors in judgment to reflect badly on them. -- Ken Gunderson <kgund...@teamcool.net> _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
