From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:52:14 +0100 From: Uriel To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] p9sk2 Message-ID: <20051024135214.GH16835@server4.lensbuddy.com> References: <20051005012732.GG19776@server4.lensbuddy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9f8eee1e-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 10:13:46PM -0400, jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote: >>Release early, release often, and if you don't like it, look at Google. > > wtf does that mean? "Design and build software, even operating systems, to be tried early, ideally within weeks. Don't hesitate to throw away the clumsy parts and rebuild them." -- The Bell System Technical Journal. Bell Laboratories. M. D. McIlroy, E. N. Pinson, and B. A. Tague. "Unix Time-Sharing System Forward" 1978. 57 (6, part 2). p. 1902. The google reference can be seen in recent interviews with Rob and others about how their release process works. I have heard of people complaining that working alone one doesn't get much feedback... but what do I know, I'm just the buffoon of the court. uriel