http://blog.excastle.com/2007/09/14/software-assurance/ Life, .NET, and Cats Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:26:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.excastle.com/2007/09/14/software-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-28285 Joe White’s Blog » Blog Archive » What does it mean when CodeGear “announces” Delphi 2009? Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:28:26 +0000 http://blog.excastle.com/2007/09/14/software-assurance/#comment-28285 [...] They’re not announcing what the product will be; they’ve already done that. Sure, they’re filling in a few details, but you can’t really announce something that everybody already knows about. (Mind you, I’m not complaining about the early blogging — I love transparency. But it doesn’t leave much for the marketing droids to, you know, announce.) And they’re not announcing that the product is feature-complete, or ready to ship, or anything. It isn’t yet. They’re only taking pre-orders. No mention is made of when electronic downloads will begin… or of how much longer after that it’s going to take before they start shipping physical product… or of how much longer after that it’s going to take for customers to start actually getting their co.... [...] [...] They’re not announcing what the product will be; they’ve already done that. Sure, they’re filling in a few details, but you can’t really announce something that everybody already knows about. (Mind you, I’m not complaining about the early blogging — I love transparency. But it doesn’t leave much for the marketing droids to, you know, announce.) And they’re not announcing that the product is feature-complete, or ready to ship, or anything. It isn’t yet. They’re only taking pre-orders. No mention is made of when electronic downloads will begin… or of how much longer after that it’s going to take before they start shipping physical product… or of how much longer after that it’s going to take for customers to start actually getting their co…. [...]

]]> http://blog.excastle.com/2007/09/14/software-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-5705 Bruce McGee Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:32:00 +0000 http://blog.excastle.com/2007/09/14/software-assurance/#comment-5705 As you say, they are improving, but I have to agree with you. In my opinion, the minute the install for a new release is available online, SA subscribers should be getting e-mails. <br> As you say, they are improving, but I have to agree with you. In my opinion, the minute the install for a new release is available online, SA subscribers should be getting e-mails.

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