Re: A proposed Moz 1.0 release criterion

[RV]

Randall Parker wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 08:04:06 -0400 esteemed RV did hold forth thusly:
>
>>if te product is never 
>>released in an official way, then lots and lots of people will never try 
>>it, much less adopt it.
>>
>
>A 1.0 release will cause a bunch of people to try it. But if the 1.0 release 
>has memory usage and performance characteristics similar to that of v0.9.2 
>then the vast bulk of those people who try it will not keep using it. So the 
>about of a major release to attract new users will have been wasted on a 
>premature release. 
>
My point. That is a criterion that should be met. Release the product 
based on some specific quality issue: certain bugs should be fixed, MTBF 
(mean time before failure, etc), but not based on having a percentage of 
people accepting it before it is released.