begin quoting Christopher Smith as of Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 04:31:52PM -0800: [snip] > The other aspect of the problem is the notion that it is cheaper to > prevent defects than to fix them. It is true that for a given defect, it > is easier to prevent it than to fix it, but preventing defects falls > under the law of diminishing returns. There's tons of low lying fruit > that can be prevented, but trying to to get that last little bit tends > to be more expensive than anything else preceding it (much like > achieving 99% uptime tends to be way cheaper than achieving 100% > uptime). At some point, it becomes cheaper to just build the [EMAIL > PROTECTED]@# > thing, try it out, and then fix what you observe as not working.
Exactly! It helps to be prepared to throw one away. -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
