On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Don Cox wrote:
> Hello Chris
>
> On 07-Mar-00, Chris Wiles wrote:
> >> As vague as it sounds, it will be ready when it's ready to release.
> >> Olli already announced, in his recent V3 status update, that this
> >> should be 'within the next 3 weeks'. This was the whole point of the
> >> public
> > statement.
> >
> > Oops, 2 weeks.
>
> "2 weeks" being a well-known expression meaning "certainly not this
> week".
>
> A last-minute bug can always crop up and delay a release for another
> week. It is really pointless asking for release dates.
Not entirely. A given release date gives a programmer something to target,
a time to get things done by. e.g. "I'd better get it done by then,
otherwise I'm gonna get shat on".
They do have a purpose.
- Martyn Capewell
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