On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 20:36:19 -0400, Chuck Yerkes writes:
>In looking back, perhaps a better model would have been to come
>out with something that was OK.  No, it won't meet the needs of
>our highest end customers, but then really only 1% of customers
>are them and if we had something "good enough" for 30% of our customers
>to start with and then generate money to pay for more development
>the product could have spent 3-4 years and done perhaps 3 major
>releases while paying for the developers.

Yep.  While releasing nothing until you have _everything_ perfect
makes little sense, it still helps to know where it is you want to get
to so that you can plan your steps accordingly.

>You don't start building the Taj.  You build a house.  Then you add

Yes, but if you can arrange for that house to be re-used as the garden
shed, or even part of the final structure - its better than having to
bulldoze it soon after it is complete.

With that in mind - by all means come up with some patches.
--sjg