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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:57:03 +0100
From: Nicola Ken Barozzi <nicolaken@apache.org>
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Ian Blizard wrote:
> Under commit, over deliver.
> 
> A project manager once told me, "release or be damned".
> 
> People want this, the labbies here *love* it.
> 
> You want more developers? Make it an EEP (early experience program), 
> with little or no support, but at least give people the chance to say "v 
> 0.2 of Forrest was nice, but we want it to do _this_" etc. They'll jump 
> on the bandwagon and make Forrest what it needs to be.
> 
> At the risk of playing bullsh*t bingo, stay customer focussed. At the 
> end of the day, no customers = dead project.

Hey, I like this guy! :-)

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Nicola Ken Barozzi                   nicolaken@apache.org
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