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It's nice to see someone in the software industry finally realizing how the current trend of "release when you're embarrassed how bad it is" is destroying peopl
by pgroves 16y ago
It's nice to see someone in the software industry finally realizing how the current trend of "release when you're embarrassed how bad it is" is destroying people's faith in the software industry. Soon any good will accumulated over the years (if there even was any) will be spent, and the broader population will equate "software" with "crap" unless proven otherwise.
Software companies of all sizes are relying on their ability to trick people into buying complete crap at least once to sell products. It will work once for every potential customer.
Even George W. knows what happens next..."Fool me once, shame on...shame... shame on you... the point is you can't get fooled again"
- psychotik 16y agoTo be fair, I think the current trend (which I agree with, btw) is "you should be embarrassed by your v1 release". This isn't the same as "release when you're embarrassed how bad it is". I hope the difference in both these statements is obvious. You can release a high quality product of love and still be embarrassed by it's lack of features/functionality a few releases down the line - I see nothing wrong with it. Releasing a product that is 'crap' is something totally different though.