Red Brooks' "The Mythical Man-Month". ----- Original Message ----- From: "progster01" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 6:57 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Study Charting dare I say bugs...
> --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> ... adding 2 more developers for core development >> would SLOW DOWN the development > > Depends what is meant by "core" (IMO). > > I think there are dozens of UI oriented (or other) "nice-to-haves" > that would really save hundreds and ultimately thousands of hours on > the user side that will never be prioritized for implementation while > AB has a single, sole developer. > > Faced with a practical hard-limit of, say, 2500 developer-hours per > year, there are many useful potential enhancements that won't ever > make the cut - and for perfectly defensible reasons - given the > assumption of fixed maximum effort. > > Even worse, of course, if the developer-hours per year drops off for > unexpected reasons. > > IMO, it would be possible for another developer(s) to add specific, > helpful functionality without "diluting" core architecture extension > and design work. > > Anything that saves time for users is leveraged across thousands of > users. It is unfortunate, IMO, whenever thousands of users endure > daily hassle or expense-of-time for something that could have been > corrected at the source with, say, a dozen (or 2) hours of developer > effort. > > The experience of open source (in general) proves that multiple > developers can do alot of good for a product by working on different > items in different areas. > > I'm not suggesting AB go public open source. I'm only saying that the > same tools (revision control systems, etc.) can be used for a > business's development to enable contributions by multiple developers > to be made to great benefit, with minimal (but non-zero!) disruption, > under terms set by the business in question. > > Anyway, those are my thoughts, and they are all offered in general > terms. Some things do go undone under the current model, and > certainly some of what goes undone would be very nice to have. > Personally, I think it's a subject worth considering. > > Nevertheless, AB remains the single best value in TA software > available. (The new Optimizer plug-in capability is FANTASTIC, but > that's another post :^). > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > For other support material please check also: > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
