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From: msmiller@gonzoville.Eng.Sun.COM (Mark Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0
Keywords: System software, Hypercard
Message-ID: <2600@east.East.Sun.COM>
Date: 12 Sep 90 16:06:00 GMT
References: <378@irst.UUCP> <44630@apple.Apple.COM> <2577@east.East.Sun.COM> <13000@june.cs.washington.edu>
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Reply-To: msmiller@Sun.COM (Mark Miller)
Organization: Micro Sunsystems, Inc.
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In article <13000@june.cs.washington.edu>, moore@cs.washington.edu
(Charles Moore) writes:
|>In article <2577@east.East.Sun.COM>, msmiller@gonzoville.Eng.Sun.COM
(Mark Miller) writes:
|>> 
|>> It will
|>> take years before people ever again believe a ship date for Apple
|>> software - that is, when a date is given - which ain't even happening
|>> now. The only thing worse than being constantly given later and later
|>> ship dates is being given no ship dates whatsoever.
|>
|>I respectfully disagree.  The standard in the industry has been to
|>always provide a ship date which almost invariably slips and usually
|>slips by a lot.
|> [...]
|>If, however, a company provides a ship date, outsiders will likely
|>believe that date (to a greater or lesser extent) and begin to make
|>plans around it.  Then, when that date slips, they will be hurt
|>because their plans will fail.

These two bits contradict themselves. If the "standard" is to have
useless ship dates, why would anyone believe them in the first place.
However, your phrasing pretty much proves my point: "... a ship date
which almost invariably slips ..." You don't believe they can ship
on time, the damage is done.

	-MSM

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