Jan Wieck wrote:
> On 12/1/2005 12:13 PM, Andreas Pflug wrote:
>> Jan Wieck wrote:
>>>
>>> So I am not shocked about that any more, but more shocked that MySQL
>>> AB feels free to make significant changes in features from one
>>> patchlevel to another.
>>
>> Well, reading the changelog history apparently they call 5.0.15 from
>> Oct.19th "Release", so all previous versions were Beta. I wonder how
>> many MySQL 5.0 users are aware of that...
>
> Er ... hmmmm ... so that means they have happy feature mucking during
> BETA? This is unprofessional. BETA phase without feature freeze ... what
> kind of hobby coders did they hire?
I'd guess that it's less a feature of their technical team and more of
the licencing model. The pressure to announce a new version tends to
drive most companies. Even MS used to, although they seem to be doing
the "semi-public beta status for two years" thing recently.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd