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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 03:13:14 -0800
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 now available
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Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On (2003/01/14 10:22), local.freebsd.current wrote:
> > >In the meantime we _really_ have to ship 5.0-RELEASE, we keep
> > >slipping it.
> >
> > That sounds like "it's time to ship so we're going to ship".
> >
> > I'm not trying to get up anyone's nose here, but aren't there
> > objective release criteria?
> 
> Yes.  One of the release criteria is that it come into existence. :-)

Eventualy, a software company must ship software.

The saying works for free software projects, too...

-- Terry

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