Re: Did GNOME go 1.0 too early?

["Jesse D . Sightler" <jsight pair com>]

On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 23:22:18 Damien Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Andy Kahn wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 04:38:12AM +0100, Nils Jeppe wrote:
> > > Because that way they could release it on Linux World Expo? Ride on the
> > > wave of media attention that's gonna get them?
> > 
> > i second this opinion and think riding the hype was the primary
> > goal of this release.
> 
> I think it sad that free software, in its rush to gain commercial
> acceptance, is sacrificing one of its core strengths. Free software
> has been traditionally released "when it's ready", not "when a
> media-rich conference is on" or "in time for the RH6.0 code freeze".

Was Linux 1.0 ready for widespread commercial use?  Things take time, and
sometimes it's ok to release a version 1.0 that isn't perfect for many reasons.

> Rushing out software before it is ready has given us linux-2.2.0 (an
> embarrassment by Linus' own account) and now GNOME-1.0.

Yeah, but Linux 2.2 was in development for 2.5 years and still ended up with
bad bugs in the first release.  Bad bugs in 1.0 releases are inevitable just
because folks like you refuse to test the earlier stuff.  :)

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