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DH> Not the first time I do note this on list: Whatever RITLabs chooses to DH> do, it is wrong. They can't win. I disagree. They could win, all they would have to do is to inform us periodically about their 'ultrasonics' (roadmap), their progress with new betas and bugfixes. In fact that's all we ask, isn't it? Instead of making new developments they should, IMHO, choose a list of well known and important bugs, fix them and put them out into a new beta. It's not a good idea to build new features upon loads of bugs. I'm going to quote John Robbins in its "Debugging Applications" book: "The final reason that bugs exist in projects is, in my opinion, the most serious. Every company and every engineer I've ever talked to has told me that their committed to quality. Unfortunately, some companies and engineers lack the real commitment quality takes. If you're ever worked at a company that was committed to quality or with an engineer who was, you certainly know it. They both feel a deep pride in what they are producing and are willing to spend the effort on all parts of development, not just the sexy parts. For example, instead of getting all wrapped up in the minutia of an algorithm, they pick a simpler algorithm and spend their time working on how best to test that algorithm. The customer doesn't buy algorithms, after all; the customer buys high-quality products. Companies and individuals with a real commitment to quality exhibit many of the same characteristics: careful up-front planning, personal accountability, solid quality control, and excellent communications abilities." DH> Can't we just leave them alone? Or do we really need this list as an DH> indicator that we are alive*? I guess we're not asking much. We just want to know how their work in progress is going. How many bugs have actually been corrected. -- Best regards, Goncalo Farias I came, I saw, I confused. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.10 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
