At 1/20/01 12:30 PM, Chuck Hatcher wrote:
>From my perspective, it has always seemed like OpenSRS has tended to give
>higher priority to expanding their product line than to ironing out problems
>with existing products. Dealing with .ca registrations took precedence over
>fixing long-standing issues. The same with multi-lingual domains. I'm sure
>there are good business reasons for expanding into these areas as quickly as
>possible, but it has taken a real toll on the core business. The new client
>code runs much more slowly and much less reliably, even when registering a
>plain old .com. A lot of RSP's who can't afford to deal with the code
>problems are completely re-writing the client, and some are still working
>with the early pre-XML releases. I'm sure the growing pains at OpenSRS are a
>result of the explosive growth of the business, but it makes you wonder if
>there shouldn't be someone focusing on quality problems at the core.
Yes, this very much sums up what I described (less eloquently) in a
dev-list post as part of a rant about renewals.
There are a number of issues that have been problematic for a year. I
would like to see a slowdown in what seems to be a "wild west" focus on
adding new features, and have more management resources directed towards
stabilizing, cleaning up and supporting what's there, making it a more
usable platform.
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Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
