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I don't think there's anything particularly far-fetched about what you're saying. The tactic is so common that there are at least two well-known idioms for it
by pohl 17y ago
I don't think there's anything particularly far-fetched about what you're saying. The tactic is so common that there are at least two well-known idioms for it: "trial balloon" and "run it up the flagpole (to see who salutes)".
It would make sense to slip potentially controversial things into ADC releases, knowing that if they are controversial then word will leak out to the bloggerati. Then, when controversy erupts, you have plausible deniability ("it was just a bug") and you can slip another developer release out the door as soon as you sense some backlash.
- raganwald 17y agoIt would make sense to slip potentially controversial things into ADC releases, knowing that if they are controversial then word will leak out to the bloggerati. Then, when controversy erupts, you have plausible deniability ("it was just a bug") and you can slip another developer release out the door as soon as you sense some backlash. Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by indifference.
- pohl 17y agoI know the principle, but I don't see any attributions to malice here, so I had no cause to apply it.