From kde-devel Sun Oct 31 16:27:17 1999 From: "Robert A. Crawford" Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 16:27:17 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: Kash Kontinued. X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=94138728115010 On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 12:35:33AM -0400, pbrown@redhat.com wrote: > That's the trade-off; the first cut at the application is the > planning. This isn't necessarily bad. Also known as a "spike solution" in the extreme programming world. IMHO, that's one of the keys to OSS -- the first cut proves to people there's something worthwhile, and gives them a base to work off of. Yes, rewriting will probably have to be done, but that's not a sin -- how much of Linux 0.99.x is left in Linux 2.2.13? -- crawford@iac.net "DON'T answer messages that make you feel uncomfortable because they seem improper, indecent or threatening. TELL A GROWN-UP RIGHT AWAY." -- US DOJ