Re: DevCo News This Month ??

We're not blaming DevCo for the situation. Its the over optimism that
is one problem which leads to a public who in the end feels misled. The
best DevCo can do is "manage" it, and that needs improvement from the
public side.

From my experience, I never trust to the statements about "great future"
until it is in place.
So in a case of DevCo spin-off, even though I am glad to see changes in
attitude of DevRel and R&D members I have no "expectations" for the process
itself. It is life and many things could go wrong (did you heard about
Amaranth Advisors story last week? Company lost 4.5B$ (~50%) of assets in
the mater of the week (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06263/723449-28.stm).
Stupid decisions are usually lead to the great losses. We have seen it. It
does not mean it won't happen again.
Yes, nobody arguing that delay in announcing "successfuly completed"
spin-off does increases doubts about the process and the company, but other
efforts from DevCo (hotfixes, Turbo, Happy Hours, change in attitude) does
leverage this negative moments for now. How long it will keep it up? I do
not know. Yes, you are right in your concerns and complains, but you might
be too rought in expressing them (hey, I have the same weakness ;o))


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