Re: Stupid Licenses (YUCK!)

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From: Pete Hardie
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:58

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In article <1992Dec28.002314.21233@news2.cis.umn.edu> charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer) writes:
>Why can't they just provide a release that fixes the old bugs without
>introducing (known) new ones?  Featurality first is the only explanation.

In many (most?) cases they cannot, because the company has announced a new
release with new features, and the deadline has been set.  In the bad companies,
this has been done by a salesman promising something to a customer before
checking with the developers.  In others, this is done by overriding the same
developers.  In the remainder, this is done by the usual delays in the
development.

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From: phardie@nastar.uucp (Pete Hardie)
Subject: Re: Stupid Licenses (YUCK!)
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Organization: Digital Transmission Systems, Duluth, GA.
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