[ut3] Ask you self...

[Andrea Chiumenti]

I think that this mailing list is made up just for keeping our mouth
shut on the ut forum. So that a potential customer that browse the
forum sees only the good things

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Sir Brizz <sir.brizz at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sure it's pretty likely that none of those people belong to this mailing
> list.
>
>  Brizz
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>  Tom Rivers wrote:
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> > On 4/7/2008 5:15 PM, Sir Brizz wrote:
> >
> > > With that mentality, most of the upcoming games over the next few years
> are never coming. :p
> > >
> > > Brizz
> > >
> > > Raphael Brunner wrote:
> > >
> > > > Have you ever asked yourself why ryan or someone else don't answer to
> questions around the linux-client?
> > > >
> > > > If it's true, that I working on something, I can give a statement
> about
> > > > it. If it's not true, then I better say nothing (if I'm unfaithful or
> > > > someone has it prohibited to speak about!)
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > I think the point he was trying to make was that it doesn't take more than
> a minute to send out an update on whatever progress has been made.  As a
> programmer, I not only need to give a deadline for when I plan to deliver a
> product but I also must routinely give status reports to those people who
> have commissioned me to do the work.  Since good lines of communication are
> the best way to keep everyone informed, I have to agree that it would make
> everyone feel much better if there were some kind of regularly scheduled
> update on the status of any given project.  Even if the message says the
> same thing as last time, at least everyone would know that there is someone
> actively doing something.
> >
> > For some perspective, I've dealt with Ryan since the days of the original
> UT.  To say he is an exceptional programmer is certainly an understatement.
> It has also been my experience that Ryan doesn't engage in regularly
> scheduled update postings to his mailing lists.  I never asked him why
> because he has always come through in the end and delivered outstanding
> products.
> >
> > Having said that, I don't think it is unreasonable to have someone in
> authority, be it Ryan or one of the folks who has commissioned him to work
> on this project, simply give us an estimate of when things should be
> finished.  If that isn't possible, then a time when we can next expect to
> hear an update would be the next best thing.
> >
> > As others have correctly pointed out in the past, the work will be done
> when it is done.  I certainly agree that is the case.  The question is
> really whether the practice of not keeping customers updated on the progress
> of an important release makes good business sense.  In my experience,
> keeping customers informed is the only way to keep them happy.  There's an
> old saying: "If you don't take care of your customers, then someone else
> will."  If the folks in charge want to keep their customers happy, then I
> think it makes a lot of sense for someone to spend the few moments it takes
> to put out a post to this list every couple of weeks to let everyone know
> the project is still on track.  A tentative due date would also be much
> appreciated.
> >
> > To do anything less certainly makes one think why the minuscule amount of
> effort to keep us in the loop has not yet been made.
> >
> >
> > Tom
> >
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