I don't buy this argument for a second. Uncountable collaborations are proceeding toward completion. All life is a collaboration. You are suggesting that the Australian rudder for the Boeing 777 proceeded independently to final design and manufacture while the American tail assembly was designed and manufactured.
The difference between the 777 and your next Windows OS is that 777.0.0.0 had to land. What did you say was the name of your employer? James Liebert Akron, Ohio McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: >> To ALL: Why bother even getting Win 7, if Win 8 is following right >> behind? NOT only that but some one is working on a Open Source version >> of Windows which will be totally FREE! Please access the SeaMonkey >> support site and ask about that program, you may be pleasantly >> surprised! :-) >> > > Um, why bother getting the next three versions of Ubuntu or SuSE, since > the version-after-that will be coming along just six months after > (insert number of any previous version>? > > Same argument. > > Windows is big. It's commercial. It needs to be developed, tested, and > integrated with a lot of stuff that's: > > a) out there in the world > > b) coming (around the time of the new release, such as new hardware and > drivers that are in other major companies' planning stages right now and > will need instant, out-of-the-box compatibility. > > So it's completely unsurprising that multiple multi-year projects would > be in various stages of conception, development, testing, release, and > ongoing maintenance. > > My own employer... in fact my own small division of my employer... does > exactly that for our various products. The release of a product/project > is still in QA testing (before final release) while the next two > releases are in the pipeline, and earlier releases are in maintenance or > being readied for end-of-sales or end-of-life. > > I would be surprised to encounter a major company with a widely-used > product line that did NOT do that kind of planning and scheduling. > > You were saying? > > - Kevin > The information contained in this electronic mail transmission > may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected > from disclosure. If you have received this communication in > error, please notify us immediately by replying to this > message and deleting it from your computer without copying > or disclosing it. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > >
