From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2e91a32061bde112 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu (David Starner) Subject: Re: JAVA and ADA JGNAT Date: 2000/01/25 Message-ID: <86kpbu$aik1@news.cis.okstate.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 577505977 References: <862sv5$sug$1@pirates.Armstrong.EDU> <862t3o$9aa1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <86k8r6$alp$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Organization: Oklahoma State University User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On 25 Jan 2000 19:06:02 +0100, Preben Randhol wrote: >Robert Dewar writes: > >| It is never helpful to release software prematurely. The fact >| that software is licensed under the GPL does not somehow change >| this fundamental observation! > >I agree wholeheartedly with this. "It is never helpful to release software prematurely", i.e. "it is never helpful to release software before it should be released" is a tautology. So I'd have to agree with the statement too. But, in the context, I'd have to disagree. Many good products get released early in the development cycle to the public, to no harm to anyone. GCC, Linux, most open source projects, for example. While ACT's lack of openness compared to those projects means a beta release wouldn't help ACT as much as it does Linus and the GCC team, I can't see why it would hurt more then it does there. It will certainly work for some people, and those who doesn't work for can read the beta label and go on. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org If you wish to strive for peace of soul then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire. -- Friedrich Nietzsche