Civileme wrote:
>
> And I am not one who believes that the very process by which we develop
> software is a sacred cow. Some people can give you a flow chart of the
> process. Others will ask, "What's a flow chart?" And some good software
> comes out of both. The process Mandrake uses has a number of elements
> different from the classic "right" way to do things, and some people are
> critical for that reason. I am content to provide feedback on the results
> and let them discover what works best for their development model. It
> appears that you are doing the same in your own way, but you want to work
> more with the system rather than upon it.
Part of an excellent post, Civileme.
I am in agreement with you. The problem I see is that Mandrakesoft
uses a unique development process, which may well turn out to have
higher merit than the classic one, but names the user-involvement
testing phase of that process using the traditional and well-defined
name "beta test" when their process patently does not conform even
remotely to that definition.
That is easily fixed by calling it something else, and publishing
their expectations and rules for that part of their process.
Silence --> classic.
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Regards,
Ron. [AU] - sent by Mandrake Linux.
