[DUG] Delphi 2006 snippet

[Robert martin]

Hi Richard

Interesting point.  After talking with the guys here we think we 
actually spend more time on product refinement (bug fixes, usability and 
performance) than new features !

While new features tend to get you new clients, they don't keep your 
existing client base happy!

It's an interesting balance that needs to be maintained.  I am glad to 
see Borland re focus on product quality, In the Firebird / Interbase 
arena I note the Firebird people point to them providing a stable 
product over the new features in Interbase 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 !

I am sure this will work well for Borland. 


I only asked about the # of developers to ascertain the ratio of bugs to 
features.  There probably isn't much point to having 1 bug fixer and 200 
'new feature' developers!


Rob Martin
Software Engineer

phone +64 03 377 0495
fax   +64 03 377 0496
web www.chreos.com

Wild Software Ltd



Richard Vowles wrote:

>Two questions, so:
>1) One person specifically allocated to doing nothing but blatting bugs.
>That is pretty strange for a development team (think about yours!), his
>sole goal is to make sure the bugs are fixed.
>
>2) Dunno. 
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>From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
>On Behalf Of Robert martin
>Sent: Tuesday, 14 June 2005 3:21 p.m.
>To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi 2006 snippet
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>Are you referring to the guy fixing the bugs??? :)
>
>Out of interest, how many members in the development team?
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