From: dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu (David Starner)
Subject: Re: JAVA and ADA JGNAT
Date: 2000/01/26
Date: 2000-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86nln5$9aa2@news.cis.okstate.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3g0vk65as.fsf@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no
On 26 Jan 2000 19:44:59 +0100, Preben Randhol <randhol@pvv.org> wrote:
>| Usually. I think our definitions of reasonably usable are different,
>| though. Again, the Linux kernel was released at 0.0.1 and it worked
>| well enough to attract developers (which is what's important to the
>| success of a project, not users).
>
>Well my point exactly, it worked well enough to attract developers. It
>was then not premature...
That's begging the point. I would argue that any program that does
something not done before in free software would be not premature
once it runs even the minimal stuff.
>| Then stop using the ones marked alpha or beta. I've seen very few
>| open source products not marked alpha or beta that were not stable,
>| and I've found many marked such that were. YMMV.
>
>One that was released prematurely _as stable_ twice, is the Gnome
>Project http://www.gnome.org.
Fair enough. But that's the exception, not the rule. I would note
that the parts of GNOME marked stable are stable now.
--
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.
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Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-01-18 0:00 JAVA and ADA JGNAT Mark Burge
2000-01-18 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Ed Falis
2000-01-19 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Ed Falis
2000-01-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-25 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-25 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Pascal Martin
2000-01-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-01-28 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-31 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-28 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-30 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-01-31 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-01-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-01-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-31 0:00 ` Pascal F. Martin
2000-01-31 0:00 ` reason67
2000-01-31 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-02-06 0:00 ` Pascal Martin
2000-02-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-06 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
2000-02-07 0:00 ` Pascal Martin
2000-02-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-11 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-26 0:00 ` David Starner [this message]
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
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