Lessons Learned

Stephen John Smoogen smooge at gmail.com
Mon Mar 19 19:50:14 UTC 2007


On 3/19/07, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> wrote:
> Max Spevack wrote:
> >
> > My take on slipping release dates.  We *always* slip.  But then again,
> > almost all software projects do.
> >
> This is because no one ever sees that the last mile before a release is
> up hill, against the wind, towards the sun, in the snow.  And the hill
> is infested with sharks.
>

Actually every developer sees this.. its just that irrepressible
optimist streak that says "maybe this time the shark-repellant will
work!"


-- 
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"




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