Re: Gnat, tasking, Vista

[Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr>]

Phaedrus a �crit :
> Professional software development is all about managing risk.  For hobbyists 
> (and some academics) it's fine to assume the unknown risk that accompanies 
> the "latest and greatest" release, but keep in mind that the rest of us have 
> to keep our customers satisfied by understanding the cost/benefit ratio of 
> these kinds of decisions.
> 
I agree absolutely with that statement. My rant is because, in many 
cases that I've seen, people overestimate the risk of changing and 
underestimate the risk of not changing. Very often, they assume (without 
any evidence) that there is no risk in not changing.

And as Pascal noted, if you don't follow evolution, the cost of changing 
becomes bigger and bigger, and eventually you reach a state where 
changing becomes impossible - and then you are stuck with obsolete 
technology. This is part of the risk of not changing, although few 
people take this into consideration.

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