Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 09:25:14 03/07/02
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On March 07, 2002 at 08:22:37, José Carlos wrote: >On March 07, 2002 at 07:55:26, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On March 07, 2002 at 07:05:15, Marc van Hal wrote: >> >>>Why are some programers so secret about the release dates of their programs? >>>Maybe the clients will stop getting intrest about it. >>>Loosing contact and only know it is out when it is already a longtime on the >>>market. >>>I would not call that a good way of marketing. >>>Regards Marc >> >>Because like in other businesses too, a lot can happen between now and the >>mentioned release date. And if a company doesn't sell their product on the date >>they said, they will get even more angry customers. >> >>Sargon > > A proffessional programmer _must_ be able to say when he's gonna finish a >program. I write programs for a living and there's no way a company accepts "I >don't know when it'll be ready" as an answer. You have to say when and, if you >get delayed, you have a money penalty for it. > But this is a different issue. This is _companies_ not saying to the customers >when there'll be a new version of a program. There's no contract between, for >example, Chessbase and the people who are wating for Fritz 8 to buy it, so >Chessbase doesn't even need to release a Fritz 8. > On the other hand, saying dates and releasing the versions on time helps >selling more. > > José C. "I can give you a release date or a level of functionality, but not both." -a programmer friend of mine.
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