Fools rush out a new release of software... As a business partner I really feel a lot happier about Groove's current approach to release of new versions. It used to be they would commit to a fixed dat, and come what may that date was enshrined in stone. Well that leads to problems, puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on project teams for example. Worst of all it leads to the risk of a a dodgy product being released. Groove has learnt from those problems fortunately and that era seems to be a fading memory.

Right now the philosophy seems to be when they feel the product is right begin to go to release and make sure no major bugs appear. If none appear - go for it. This makes me happy. It gives me a tremendous confidence that recent and future releases are serious improvements with very few bad backward steps. That confidence has been echoed by experience.

And so I look forward to the up and coming 3.0 and feel confidence in the product being a landmark release.

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 1:43