Comment Re:Surprise, Gnome not read for prime time. (Score 1) 4
You have just, in the same sentence, complained about OSS by characterising it as having two mutually exclusive flaws. That doesn't strike you as a little...odd?
Not only does this sort of thing happen in just open source software, or even the more general software field - but in almost every project where you have a deadline. The roadworks on my way to work will attest to that, having originally being scheduled to end in March, and still up now. The one area of software that I see make an active stand towards meeting deadlines at all costs is the game industry, which I expect are required to meet deadlines to hit certain cyclical markets. The effect these crunch periods have on their employees, and often the quality of the final product is telling, so if I were to pick a flaw, it'd be the delay every time. The Gnome team are trying something big here. 3.0 is not yet another iteration of a knock-off Windows UI. If they do a KDE 4.0 now, they'll have wasted everything, because in the eyes of the public, the failure will be of the concept as a whole, and not of an implementation that needed another several months polishing.
It'll be ready when it's ready, even if it's not as soon as I'd like.
Not only does this sort of thing happen in just open source software, or even the more general software field - but in almost every project where you have a deadline. The roadworks on my way to work will attest to that, having originally being scheduled to end in March, and still up now. The one area of software that I see make an active stand towards meeting deadlines at all costs is the game industry, which I expect are required to meet deadlines to hit certain cyclical markets. The effect these crunch periods have on their employees, and often the quality of the final product is telling, so if I were to pick a flaw, it'd be the delay every time. The Gnome team are trying something big here. 3.0 is not yet another iteration of a knock-off Windows UI. If they do a KDE 4.0 now, they'll have wasted everything, because in the eyes of the public, the failure will be of the concept as a whole, and not of an implementation that needed another several months polishing.
It'll be ready when it's ready, even if it's not as soon as I'd like.