A real interesting side-note.0.3.14 has had a greater and more positive impact
than previous ReactOS releases.After reading tons of Forums, criticisms, etc,
the positive feedback can be summed up in 2 ideas:1) "ReactOS is more
compatible!I can feel its improved stability and now more apps are
working"Well, really, this is a fact of not releasing after one whole year.
They have been comparing 0.3.13 to previous ones, released in a 5-6months
cycle. Thanks to a delayed release, they have felt the evolution of a one year
release (2-3 normal old releases 'till now).If they would have just compared
0.3.13 with 0.3.11-0.3.10 they would have felt exactly the same "jump".
2)"New features"All the work that has been done since long ago has met into a
release (GSOC projects, rewrites, etc). This has boosted the general release
impact.
For these 2 reasons, I'd prefer to stick to a 4 or 5 month release after 0.4 is
launched.
If we release too late, we can drop the interest of our followers(but it will
be recovered when releasing, as 0.3.14 shows). Twitter,Facebook, and media will
help to recover them if we post regularly through them.If we release too soon,
they won't see "changes" or "new features" so they won't have the need of
updating and retesting.
Btw, some stats:
ReactOS 0.3.14: 370.000*.ReactOS 0.3.13: 217.000*. *Downloads after the 3 first
weeks.
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