And people who've examined that risk may well understand the changes (and
the factors driving them) better.
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Royce Howland wrote:
> Dave Wolf wrote:
> >
> > Or to clarify what Evan is more politely saying, early
> > implementation releases of the spec may be very different from what
> > really gets released. Ask youself is who best interest is it to
> > release implementations of specifications which are not yet final.
> > I doubt you'd conclude its the developers/customers best interest.
>
> Au contraire. I ask myself that question constantly as both a
> producer and a consumer. I'm generally pleased to deal with vendors
> and partners that credit some level of intelligence to their
> communities, and provide choices about when and in what manner to
> address things such as migration issues and opportunities.
>
> The simplest thing to do when presented with an option that may
> involve risk that exceeds a context-dependent threshold is simply not
> to take it. I fail to see how this is not in the customer's interest.
> Note the word "option" -- unless somebody is being "forced" to upgrade
> to an unstable release, no harm done. For those that find value in
> getting a leg up on the situation, it's a good thing.
>
> Royce Howland
> Nucleum Inc.
>
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