13 Aug
2004
13 Aug
'04
8:53 p.m.
Jack Bowling wrote:
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 04:57:31PM -0400, John Check
wrote:
<snip>
what I was tought is to never ever follow people on a trail too
closely (i.e. I am responsible for my safety, not somebody else). [of
course, it's nice/good/appropriate to be considerate of people who are
behind us]
not entirely sure how to translate it to software development:-)
maybe don't use beta (pre-release, early release) when you're not ready
for beta?
erik
Yes, for deep technical discussions, the
participants need to be qualified,
but when one is blazing a new trail it's better to chop off the branch that's
in your way than it is to let it smack the person behind you in the face
because after all, they're an explorer too. ;)
<snip>
Wow. What a great metaphor. Might just use this one ;)