On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 04:19:07PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
> they want to release a product. they producs requires feature that is
> beta and in development in version X of the kernel (or library or app)
> for theirs to function - they cannot release until their dependancies
> have been released - thus their cannot set schedules.
If it's that critical then they need to put their own resources into
making it happen. Easy. Doesn't have to be outside the mainstream
development, just them hacking on _their_ problems and getting things
release-ready.
> if companies cant tell cusotmers when
> things will be available so the customer knwos it will be and can
> factor that into their plans - you will lose customers. that's a big
> reaosn many comanies die - they cannot meet their ship dates and
> customers go away and find someone who can meet their ship dates.
Is there anything really that critical? Did anyone die or go broke or
lose their job because 2.4 took so long?
> IMHO there should be a non profit organisation thatis funded by all
> companies using linux that people work for (probably the top developers
> most likely) who just ork on improving things and rolling back changes
> the commercial vendors make intoa central distribution of software
> compnents so its kept organised.
I guess this could be okay, though it needs to be managed right. It
does sound like Linus' bandwidth is somewhat constrained.
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