Re: Can we do programming without seeing the end user?

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From: Ben Scott
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 00:54

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On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Björn Helgason wrote:

> >         - Performance
> >         - Stability (no bugs)
> >         - Features
> >         - Cheap (low cost)
> >         - On-time delivery
> > It's not possible to get all of these in any non-trivial product.  

> They are NOT asking the impossible.
> There are actually free products available that give you all of the 
> above.  You will just have to know where to look.

  I have *never* seen a non-trivial bug-free product.  I've seen stuff
that works very well, but "bug-free" is a myth.  Of course, there is also
stuff that is decidedly buggy, and that is to be avoided.  :)

  Most of the free stuff out there (eg, GNU stuff) has no time table, so
therefore it really doesn't meet #5.  "Release date" is another myth.  :)
When someone does say something will be out be day X, it usually isn't.  

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Subject: Re: Can we do programming without seeing the end user?
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 19:54:22 -0500
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