Re: (PM) Mailing list devalued

Mark Peugeot (mark@ptw.com)
Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:20:39 -0700 (PDT)

Hi-
An update would not take away from code development. Everyone knows
that managers provide updates daily to people, and managers are placed where
they can do the least harm... Away from the codebase.
I am pretty sick of the little debate over what beta code "should or
should not" be. Beta code is just that, Beta code. I'm happy with it, sure
I'd like to see some more good beta code out of livingston, but I am not
screaming about it. I did not care if V.90 came out later rather than
sooner, but Lucent came right out and said they "supported" V.90 on the
PM-3, that is not to be blamed on the ISP. Lucent made it's own bed.
If I came out and said I support front page extentions, I better.
I cannot say, well it's not really ready.

Mark Peugeot,
Network One

> > No, the blame goes to the noisy ISPs that insisted on getting a date.
> > They got a date, and then it didn't hold up. Now they are again
> > insisting on a date. They also want someone to give them regular
> > updates. That would take additional time away from code development.
> > Sure, I'd like to know what's going on, but I'd rather they work on the
> > code, not tell me about what they are doing.
>
> Come on. Lucent's got thousands of programmers they could throw
> at something like this. There's a LOT of political mess, I hear,
> and that's what's actually holding things up.
>
> As far as being "noisy", we're just insisting on getting the options
> we've been promised and we're paying for. What're you doing besides
> losing time, customers and money ?
>
> > Chris Adams - cadams@ro.com
> > I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
>
> obviously.
>
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