Suspecting beta release very very soon!
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Re: Suspecting beta release very very soon!
I think he means cheap as in, cost to the user ("free beer" cheap - still costs to make it).
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Which "he"?Lieutenant Clone wrote: I think he means cheap as in, cost to the user ("free beer" cheap - still costs to make it).
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Yes, NEVER all three !!- (except for Unbuntu !!-)))Martin Blank wrote: Yoda_IRC wrote:
profpete wrote:
...and NEVER all three
proof by contridiction:
Ubuntu Linux (or insert another good distro here, but Ubuntu has a short release cycle).
Ubuntu may not be a contradiction. The project was initiated by a millionaire. Thus, it may be fast and good, but not necessarily cheap.
Yes, unbuntu is sponsored by a bloke who made his nut in the dotcom era "B.C." I just got the 5 disks they send out in the std. package ... from France of all places. Unbuntu targets version updates for every 6 mos.
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That particular principle (the triangle of implementation cost vs. time vs. quality) still applies to ubuntu. It wasn't designed to apply to consumers, but rather to projects. Even if the eventual consumers of the project pay nothing, the project still has costs.robertmf wrote:Yes, NEVER all three !!- (except for Unbuntu !!-)))Martin Blank wrote: Yoda_IRC wrote:
profpete wrote:
...and NEVER all three
proof by contridiction:
Ubuntu Linux (or insert another good distro here, but Ubuntu has a short release cycle).
Ubuntu may not be a contradiction. The project was initiated by a millionaire. Thus, it may be fast and good, but not necessarily cheap.
Yes, unbuntu is sponsored by a bloke who made his nut in the dotcom era "B.C." I just got the 5 disks they send out in the std. package ... from France of all places. Unbuntu targets version updates for every 6 mos.
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Re: Suspecting beta release very very soon!
*mutters under breath* "are we talking about Ubuntu or phpBB?"
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We were specifically talking about ubuntu, and since both are provided free of charge, this all applies to phpBB as well. The point being that phpBB is inexpensive (it has only a few developers working part-time on it), and high quality, two desirables, so the third desireable (speed) is going to suffer.Highway of Life wrote: *mutters under breath* "are we talking about Ubuntu or phpBB?"
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n.b., "speed" in this context refers to how long it takes for product delivery, not speed as in execution. So, with your phpBB is (cheap) inexpensive to enduser, and high quality (good code), then it follows that you won't get the instant gratification of (fast) el rapido product delivery.balding_ape wrote:The point being that phpBB is inexpensive (it has only a few developers working part-time on it), and high quality, two desirables, so the third desireable (speed) is going to suffer.Highway of Life wrote: *mutters under breath* "are we talking about Ubuntu or phpBB?"
Plug a few $mil$ into phpBB6 and you'll get the good and the fast, but you will have lost the el cheapo
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Well spoken, Roberto!
I would pick Good™ and Cheap™ over Fast™ any day.
I would pick Good™ and Cheap™ over Fast™ any day.
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MoRpHiNe wrote: I've seen people using phpBB 3.0.0 already... I don't know if they should have it yet though...
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Right-O. The dotcom millionaire's $ are subsidizing, instead of endusers. Okay by me getting the CDs + postage free from France ... wonder why from France ? I thought Ubuntu was a nominally African project.balding_ape wrote: That particular principle (the triangle of implementation cost vs. time vs. quality) still applies to ubuntu. It wasn't designed to apply to consumers, but rather to projects. Even if the eventual consumers of the project pay nothing, the project still has costs.
I've been doing some testor on phpbb3. Lookin' good. RSN 8)