Jack Bowling wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 04:57:31PM -0400, John Check wrote: > > <snip> > >>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 ;) 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
