Jeff Waugh <[email protected]> writes:
> <quote who="Ken Foskey">
>
>> This appears to diminish the experiments that do occur. I can agree with
>> your generalisation however we should not minimise any effort on FOSS,
>> even experiments. What about those scheduling experiments on the kernel,
>> ultimately led to a major performance improvement for me personally.
>
> Yeah, I don't mean to diminish the importance of experimentation... it's a
> crucial part of the Open Source (scientific) process. But there is a BIIIG
> difference between mucking around with stuff "in the lab" and producing a
> product for Real Users.
Out of curiosity, what number of users are you considering "real users"
here? I agree with what you are saying, but you certainly seem to have
a much, much higher standard than I (at least) am used to for "real" use.
[...]
> The original point was this: it's very easy to say "that's five lines of
> code!" but it's a very rare circumstance in which a comment like that is
> actually correct (particularly in the Real World, which is far messier than
> the imagination fairy land we need to inhabit in order to innovate).
*nod* Worse still, in the Real World(tm) you have to deal with
integration and history, which make most things much messier. :)
Regards,
Daniel
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