Re: (PM) Beta programs

Garry Shtern (shterng@akula.com)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 14:40:51 -0500

At 11:32 AM 1/26/98 -0800, Josh Richards wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Garry Shtern wrote:
>
>> At 06:00 PM 1/23/98 -0800, MegaZone wrote:
>> >Once upon a time Garry Shtern shaped the electrons to say...
>> >>So when are you moving on?
>> >
>> >When it is ready to move on.
>> >
>>
>> Oh come on.. Can't you give a more specific date?
>>
>
>No he can't.
>
>Like has already been explained numerous times--when it is ready to go
>into an open beta period--and only then--will it be announced. This has
>been the way we have done things for a while now.
>
>I personally believe that "when a product is ready to move on" (read:
>solid, reliable and with all of the features you'd like to see) *is* a
>pretty specific date. Would you want it at any *other* date? :-)
>

But it is just unfair to get everyone excited about the forthcoming and
then just say, oh well, we don't know if this is happening this year or
this century. Just sit there and wait.

Garry Shtern shterng@akula.com
Chief Network Administrator http://www.akula.com
Akula Communications Corp. tel. (212) 292-8892

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