Re: [PHP4BETA] PHP4 Betas
| From: | Sascha Schumann | Date: | Fri, 29 Oct 1999 18:43:13 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP4BETA] PHP4 Betas | ||
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On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 02:15:38PM -0400, Michael Stearne wrote:
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> Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
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> > > When is the next beta (Beta 3) planned to be made public ?
> >
> > Probably sometime next week. But, in open source projects, dates and
> > timelines are pretty much meaningless.
> >
>
> Hmm, I guess Microsoft is an Open Source company then.
Open Source projects can have schedules, timelines, and
milestones. These are hardly used because of one reason: You
cannot force volunteers to stick to one schedule.
Closed source projects are not free of schedule issues
either. Microsoft Word 1.0 was scheduled to be delivered in
395 days. It took Microsoft more than five years (76%
longer) and four development leads to finish the project.
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Regards,
Sascha Schumann
Consultant