On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 09:42:28PM +0800, Brian Gilman wrote: > > > > No, I do not accept this. I do not think it is in the project's best > > interests, I do not think it is in computer science's best interests, > > and I do not think it is in the public interest. That is why I am > > "banging on the door" (nice phrase) and trying to persuade them > > otherwise. (Note: not "complaining".) > > > > You aren't banging on the door, or persuading anyone of anything, you are > coming off like an abrasive person with the social skills of a computer > engineer. > > Just because you believe that "Release early, release often" is the best > release strategy, doesn't mean that everyone at VPRI does. I work in video > game development, and it's a pretty much suicidal strategy for releasing > games. "A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever." — > Shigeru Miyamoto Good as duke nukem forever? > > It's very hard to shake bad first impressions, and there are times when you > don't want people to see something until it's polished, or you have something > cool to show. Otherwise the bad first impression will color the public's > perception of your project for the rest of its lifetime. > > I'm skeptical that releasing a bunch of source code for something that has > been described as being on "life-support", announcing to the world that there > has been a revolution in computing, and then have it not work on a majority > of machines, is really the optimal strategy for success. > > VPRI is getting public funding, but $5 million usd isn't a heck of a lot. To > put that into context, these days, that isn't even enough to make a bad video > game. That means that they need to make good use of the resources that they > have, which means keeping focus. Which means avoiding distractions, like > having to answer a zillion questions and unreasonable demands on mailing > lists. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > fonc@vpri.org > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
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