RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question

[KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com]

Sometimes, it comes down to a choice between waiting 
long enough to produce a perfect interface, or shipping 
"good enough" while the market window is still open.

I'll gladly document a few product foibles if it 
means getting the product out this year, saving the 
company, saving my job and the jobs of everybody 
around me and, incidentally, giving the customer 
something they need/want and are willing to pay for.

The alternative is to come up with a perfected solution 
to a problem/opportunity that was valid a couple of 
years ago and has slid into historical obscurity in 
the wake of companies that DID get something usuable 
out there when it was needed/wanted.

Strangely, our investors seem to agree with the former 
strategy and disagree strongly with the latter.

You do the best you can, with the time and resources 
available... and you document it the same way... and 
you kick it out the door and start on the next revision.
Or does it work differently for some of you?

/kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Sampson [mailto:wfreds -at- cruzio -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:43 AM

> I don't know if notes/cautions/warnings help readers or not. 
> I do know that 
> they soothe the consciences of developers and product 
> managers who release 
> poorly designed, inadequately tested, highly complex 
> software, and who 
> depend on the documentation to cover their shortcomings.

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