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Originally Posted by mkubani
Who doesn't like you? We all do. 
Anyway Zorin, we have an internal rule in our team that whatever we decide to do, we deliver at one point. We have started working on 4.09 in the end of 2008 and the public announcement was done over 6 months later (after first beta testing that proved to be solid) in the end of July. That's only 2 months ago. We did not mention any dates on purpose in order to avoid speculations. And don't forget, it's a hobby for us, not a paid job. We are developing it, but we are also the customers.
The problem is that people can never be pleased. You either don't give enough information or you give too much information. Great, so make your choice. People have been wondering and asking how we stand with 4.09 release. I think it was normal and polite to reply to them honestly and with our best estimate. That's what we are trying to do in this thread. If it is an information overload for you and would like to be kept "in dark", well you can always just skip this thread.
And yes, I am just that Slovak guy with only "empty promises" who by the way has modelled about 100 new buildings for Slovakia map. And I am a patient person I suppose. |
I belive it is obvious that I have not questioned the quality or workload here. The only thing I wanted to point out is:
1. It is good to show people the work you do.
2. Answer all their subject related questions to any extend you deam sufficient.
3. NEVER give any estimates on a release as you can't guarantee them.
It is that simple and will save you from a lot of so called whinning. I never made my posts because I was expecting something, my only intention was to show that these premature estimates lead absolutely nowhere.