RE: Re: Sticking point

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Poole [mailto:[email protected]]
> 
> Dale,
> 
> > > There's a clue in that last paragraph: if I don't ship 
> the software
> > > to the customer every iteration, how do I get feedback on the
> > > running system?
> > 
> > Invite the customer to your machine.
> 
> I can imagine software that runs on my machine and not yours.

Hey, but if it cannot run on mine, I cannot prove anything, while if it does
there is a chance it works on another machine as well.

See, think positively.  If I can show something that runs on my machine,
there is a positive statement.  You have "added value".
> 
> Just kidding, we don't have to imagine that, it happens all the time!

True.  But there are several issue.  It's not because it runs on yours that
it will run on mine ;-)
> 
> In a shrinkwrap environment, there's generally a requirement that
> the software run when installed on a newly set-up system with only
> certain things on it. There's generally also a requirement for an
> install program to do that setup.
> 
> So at least in that environment, I'm for creating the CD and 
> running the install as soon as it's available... and I think
> it's better to have it available pretty early in the process.

I think you need it early on but not necessarily continuously.
Why wouldn't an image of the CD on an FTP server be equally good?

> 
> This is similar in concept to quickly developing a version of
> the entire system that runs from beginning to end, but without
> some of the detailed featurs. The installation process is
> also part of the user experience and it really s*cks to get
> to the "end"  and find out you don't have a way to install.

But you don't need the CD, you only need the setup.exe (sorry for the
simplification)
> 
> In an IT environment, I'd expect some similar criterion to
> be applied. If you plan to distribute by handing out CDs,
> then exercise that. If it's web-based distribution, then
> get it set up early and test it.

What risk is there that an image of a filesystem cannot be burnt onto a CD?
Why is everyone so succesful in ripping Audio CDs (and DVDs).

I think I'm missing something but I don't know what.

> 
> Charlie Poole
> [email protected]
> www.pooleconsulting.com
> www.charliepoole.org
> 
Stefan/


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