Re: Schedule

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From: Roland McGrath
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 23:18

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In article <1991Apr26.175748.3247@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:

   Commercial firms do not mention new products because they tend to
   affect the sale of existing products.  The GNU project does not have
   that problem, therefore, they feel free to discuss up-and-coming
   products.

   What that means to us, the users, is that we might fetch and install a
   soon-to-be-outdated version, the costs of which fall on us.  Personally,
   I'd rather hear about the new products and have an influence in their
   design.

We have a different reason for not saying when things will be released.
We don't know.
--
	Roland McGrath
	Free Software Foundation, Inc.
roland@gnu.ai.mit.edu, uunet!ai.mit.edu!roland

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