13 Aug
2004
13 Aug
'04
11:48 p.m.
On Friday 13 August 2004 06:37 pm, Erik Steffl wrote:
Jack Bowling wrote:
Which is good
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 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 ;) course, it's nice/good/appropriate to be
considerate of people who are
behind us]
Well, if not chop the branch, at least give a heads up.
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